Mali: deux généraux de l'armée inculpés par un tribunal militaire
Abass Dembélé and Néma Sagara, respectively a brigadier general in the army and a general in the air force, are among the dozens of military personnel arrested and then imprisoned in early August after being suspected of wanting to overthrow the junta that came to power after two coups in 2020 and 2021.
They were subsequently discharged from the army in early October, along with nine other military personnel.
According to a judicial source, the two high-ranking officers appeared before a military tribunal on Wednesday and Thursday.
"They have been formally charged with 'attempted destabilization, undermining state security' by the investigating judge of the 4th military cabinet in Bamako," she told AFP on condition of anonymity.
A security source confirmed to AFP that they had been charged with the same offenses.
Lawyers for both Mr. Dembélé and Ms. Sagara told AFP that they had managed to see their clients for the first time since their arrest. General Abass "has lost a lot of weight but is holding up," his lawyers said. As for General Sagara, she "is finding it difficult to cope with the burden of detention," according to her lawyers.
These arrests were mainly carried out within the national guard, a branch of the Malian army, according to security sources and relatives of those involved.
The National Guard is the corps of origin of the Minister of Defense, General Sadio Camara, one of the main figures of the junta.
Mali has been facing a deep security crisis since 2012, fueled in particular by violence from groups affiliated with the jihadists of Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (ISIS), as well as by community-based criminal groups. This is compounded by a severe economic crisis.
AFP
Commentaires (3)
Est ce que c'est vrai ? Parce que souvent ces petits chefs incompétents veulent le pouvoir juste pour commander, ne savent pas coopérer, travailler en équipe et deviennent souvent paranos. Ils s'entourent une cour de lèche-bottes aussi incompétents et éliminent les plus intelligents qui ont forcément un esprit critique.
Parmi ces soit disant 'djihadistes d'al qaida' , pourquoi pas de la planète mars ?, il y a tous délinquants et bandits bien maliens et africains qui en profitent pour piller , voler et violer , entre 2 prières parce que ça n'assume jamais rien. On voit ça aussi avec les dealers proxénètes font des rappels et jurent sur le koran2lamek. Vraiment à partir du moment où les gens du nord se rendent compte qu'il n'y a pas d'Etat et qu'ils peuvent contrôler des villages si facilement, ils se sentent pousser des ailes
Exactement ce sont des étrangers + les habituels supplétifs africains traitres habituels
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