00:00Mali has arrested dozens of soldiers suspected of plotting to overthrow the Junta, which itself took power in the West African country in a coup.
00:08A source confirmed to AFP among those arrested was General Abbas Dembele, a former governor of the central Mopti region and a respected military officer.
00:19A member of the National Transition Council, the Junta-Bag Parliament spoke of around 50 arrests.
00:25Since 2012, Mali has been wracked into crisis on various fronts, with militants linked to the Al-Qaeda or Islamic State groups carrying out violent attacks across the Sahel nation.
00:37The arrests, which include a high-ranking general, come amid growing discontent within the army and ongoing instability in the country.
00:45Since seizing the reins in Mali through back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021, the West African country's Junta have ramped up repression of its critics in the face of widespread jihadist unrest.
01:13Correct.
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