Mali Arrests Dozens Of Soldiers Over Alleged Bid To Topple Junta

Mali's junta chief General Assimi Goita last month granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable without election (Credit: AFP)

Mali has arrested dozens of soldiers suspected of plotting to overthrow the junta, which itself took power in the west African country in a coup, sources told AFP on Sunday.

Since seizing the reins in Mali through back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021, the west African country's junta has ramped up repression of its critics in the face of widespread jihadist unrest.