Mali, 2022 — military coup conspiracy
Event Summary
This entry is coded 11 May 2022, corresponding to the alleged counter-coup attempt against the military junta of Colonel Assimi Goita in Mali. On 16 to 17 May 2022 the military government announced that it had foiled a coup attempt made on the night of 11 to 12 May 2022 by a small group of what it called anti-progressive Malian officers and non-commissioned officers, whom it said had been supported by an unnamed Western state. Dozens of soldiers, including two generals, were arrested.
The government did not name the country it accused, but relations with the former colonial power France had deteriorated sharply under Goita, who had ordered French troops out, prompting a withdrawal. Goita had himself led coups in August 2020, which ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, and in May 2021, when he removed the interim civilian leaders and became president, and his junta had just announced it would extend its stay in power by two years, drawing regional sanctions. The 11 May 2022 coding matches the night of the alleged counter-coup.
Researched Details
Researched
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Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
43205112022
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Goita's junta said it thwarted the counter-coup and arrested dozens of soldiers.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
Associated Press
BBC Monitoring - Africa
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