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Mali arrests French national and generals accused of foreign-backed plot

President Assimi Goita has cooled relations with western governments since coming to power in May 2021. © Pavel Bednyakov / Reuters

Malian authorities were on Friday searching for possible accomplices in what they say is a foreign government-backed plot to destabilise the country. This follows the arrest of a French national suspected of working for French intelligence services along with several Malian soldiers.

In a statement read on national television, Security Minister General Daoud Aly Mohammedine announced the arrests of what he described as a small group of marginal members of the Malian armed forces for criminal offences.

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