Mali: an influencer imprisoned after denouncing the "failure" of the junta

A Malian influencer was imprisoned on Wednesday after harshly attacking the military in power and their

according to her, in the face of insecurity and inflation, the municipal prosecutor's office told AFP. 4 from Bamako.

On Monday, another personality, radio and television host Mohamed Youssouf Bathily, known as "Ras Bath", was placed under a warrant of arrest after declaring that a former prime minister who died in detention a year ago had been

Discordant voices are struggling to be heard without risking being worried under the regime of the colonels who took power by force in August 2020 by overthrowing President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.

"Incitement to Revolt"

Rokia Doumbia, known in Mali for her commitment against the high cost of living and widely followed on social networks, herself told an AFP correspondent that she had been arrested on Monday following a live broadcast on TikTok the day before.

She remained two days at the police station before being placed under a warrant for

and

indicated a member of the prosecution on condition of anonymity.

The information was confirmed to AFP by a relative of Rokia Doumbia.

, she launched in her “live” address to the head of the junta, Colonel Assimi Goïta.

“This transition is a failure with 0% (of results).

I would not even give 1%, but 0%”,

she declared, speaking of the period of military government supposed to precede the return, announced for 2024, of the civilians at the head of this country plagued by the spread of jihadism. and a deep multidimensional crisis.

, she said while the authorities regularly claim to have taken the initiative against the jihadists.

," she said.

she insisted to the colonels who govern.

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"Time has proven IBK right

," she added, referring to Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, deposed by the military in a climate of exasperation of the population in the face of insecurity, corruption and the failures of the government. State, two years after his re-election.

A relative of Rokia Doumbia, speaking on condition of anonymity like many interlocutors now, said that she had been reported to the authorities by the Collective for the Defense of the Military (CDM ).

The appeals of this organization, one of the most offensive supporters of the junta, are often followed by effect.

The CDM, with obscure ties to the junta, had called on the courts to take up the comments of the host "Ras Bath".