{"id":55192,"date":"2025-08-11T09:30:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/mali-arrests-soldiers-accused-of-plotting-to-overthrow-the-ruling-junta\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T09:07:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:07:01","slug":"mali-arrests-soldiers-accused-of-plotting-to-overthrow-the-ruling-junta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/mali-arrests-soldiers-accused-of-plotting-to-overthrow-the-ruling-junta\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali arrests soldiers accused of plotting to overthrow the ruling Junta"},"content":{"rendered":"

AFP, citing security sources, reported on Sunday that \u201cat least around 20\u201d soldiers had been arrested over the past three days in connection with what was described as an \u201cattempt to destabilise the institutions.\u201d An army source confirmed the alleged plot and said that \u201cnecessary arrests\u201d had been carried out.<\/p>\n

Among those detained is General Abass Dembele, a former governor of the central Mopti region and senior officer. <\/p>\n

\u201cSoldiers came early this morning to arrest General Abass Dembele in Kati,\u201d near the capital Bamako, a source close to the general said, adding that no reason for his detention had been provided.<\/p>\n

A member of the junta-backed National Transition Council claimed that as many as 50 soldiers were in custody, all suspected of seeking to overthrow the military leadership.<\/p>\n

The arrests highlight growing tensions within Mali\u2019s armed forces. \u201cThis proves that the officers are struggling to control the situation,\u201d said Malian sociologist Oumar Maiga, pointing to \u201cgrumblings\u201d over the role of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group and its successor, Africa Corps. \u201cSome soldiers are unhappy with the treatment given to the Russian mercenaries at the expense of Malian soldiers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Since 2012, Mali has faced relentless violence from jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, along with criminal and communal conflict. After taking power, the junta expelled French forces and aligned with Russia, but the security situation remains volatile.<\/p>\n

In July, the military-appointed legislature passed a bill granting junta leader General Assimi Goita a renewable five-year presidential mandate, effectively removing any immediate path back to civilian rule. The junta had initially promised elections by March 2024, but the timetable has since been abandoned.<\/p>\n

The government has not yet issued an official statement on the alleged coup plot or the fate of the detained soldiers.<\/p>\n

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Mali\u2019s military authorities have detained dozens of soldiers accused of planning to topple the ruling junta, in what security sources described as a foiled coup plot against a government that itself seized power through back-to-back military takeovers in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000092429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000092429,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/download-7.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/download-7.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/download-7.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/download-7.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/download-7.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/download-7.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000092429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55192"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55192"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}