Mali late yesterday announced that security forces had thwarted a countercoup attempt that it said was supported by an unnamed Western government.
The announcement was the latest turmoil to unfold in the West African nation, where Colonel Assimi Goita led coups in 2020 and 2021 before becoming president.
He did not name the country in question.
However, relations with former coloniser France have deteriorated significantly under Goita’s rule.
The breakdown in relations prompted the French military to begin a withdrawal of its forces that had spent nine years fighting Islamic extremists.