February 9, Council of Ministers belong to transitional government in Mali announced the dismissal of 6 senior military officials of the country including Army Chief of Staff and the National Guard, without giving any reason.
The leaders of the national gendarmerie, military security, military engineering and military medicine were also replaced.
From 2012 to the present, Mali has been affected by the rise of jihadism and a serious security, political and humanitarian crisis.
[Các nhóm vũ trang ở Mali đình chỉ thỏa thuận hòa bình năm 2015]
The colonels who took power in Mali by force in 2020 – withdrew from the military alliance with France in 2022 and turned to cooperation with Russia.
Three armed groups in the northern region of Mali that once fought once morest the central government also merged on February 9, during the current period of tension with Bamako.
(Vietnam+)