The government of Mali said on Monday that Western-backed officers attempted a coup in the country last week.
"A group of anti-progressive officers and non-commissioned officers of the Malian army attempted a coup on the night of May 11-12, 2022. These military officers were supported by the Western state," the country's ministry of territorial administration and decentralization said in a statement.
Mali has experienced two military coups since the summer of 2020. In the first, which took place on August 18, 2020, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was ousted from power. A military group led by Colonel Assimi Goita appointed Bah Ndaw as interim president. However, on May 26, 2021, he was ousted by the same military group. The Constitutional court of Mali, however, appointed Goita as head of state for a transitional period. The military leadership of Mali has proposed holding elections in December 2025.
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