00:00Mali's transitional leader, General Asimi Goita, has formally dismissed more than a dozen military personnel for their alleged role in a failed coup attempt.
00:10A presidential decree made public on Wednesday details the expulsion of several officers, including Brigadier Generals Abbas Dembele and Neman Sagara, among other lieutenant colonels and captains.
00:24The individuals were arrested on 1st of August this year.
00:28Major General Daoud Ali Mouamadine, the acting defense minister, stated on a television that they were involved in a subversive plot that was successfully thwarted by specialized services.
00:41Notably, the government alleged that foreign national from France, Yann-Christian Benavisillier, actively participated in the foiled operation.
00:49The transitional government has condemned the attempt and assures that judicial investigations are ongoing to identify any accomplices.
00:58This is not the first such purge.
01:02In May of last year, General Goita dismissed six other officers who were later reported to have joined a separatist group.
01:09The Madame of that auxiliary of the
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