{"id":308654,"date":"2025-08-03T11:06:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T03:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=308654"},"modified":"2025-08-03T11:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T03:06:56","slug":"mali-charges-ex-pm-with-undermining-the-state-over-post-on-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=308654","title":{"rendered":"Mali charges ex-PM with undermining the state over post on X"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/791\/79171428.jpg\" alt=\"Moussa Mara a former prime minister of Mali\"\/><figcaption>Moussa <strong>Mara a former prime minister of Mali<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>BAMAKO, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; A former prime minister of Mali, which is now under military rule, has been charged with undermining the credibility of the state over comments on social media.<br><br>Following a prison visit in July to see detained opposition figures, Moussa Mara declared on X his &#8220;unwavering solidarity with prisoners of conscience.&#8221;<br><br>Mara, who served as prime minister for nine months a decade ago, has been a recent outspoken critic of the military government.<br><br>The junta, in power since coups in 2020 and 2021, dissolved all political parties in May following rare anti-government protests.<br><br>On Thursday, Mara was detained and questioned for a second time by the national cybercrime unit regarding his July 4th post.<br><br>In the post, the ex-prime minister said his regular visits to see those detained were to make sure that &#8220;the flame of hope never fades in them&#8221;.<br><br>&#8220;As long as the night lasts, the sun will inevitably rise! And we will fight by all means to make that happen, and as soon as possible!&#8221; he added.<br><br>The prosecutor at the cybercrime unit said that talking about &#8220;prisoners of conscience&#8221; and saying he wanted to fight for them constituted an offence, Radio France Internationale reports.<br><br>On Friday, along with the accusation of undermining the credibility of the state, he was also charged with opposing legitimate authority and inciting public disorder.<br><br>He is due to stand trial on Sept 29.<br><br>A month ago, military leader Gen Assimi Go\u00efta was granted a five-year presidential term by the transitional parliament, which is renewable without elections.<br><br>The 41-year-old, who seized power twice, was named transitional president after the 2021 coup.<br><br>At the time, he promised to hold elections the following year &#8211; but has since reneged, in a blow to efforts to restore multi-party rule in the West African state.<br><br>Moussa Mara has become increasingly critical of Mali&#8217;s military junta since political parties were dissolved in May. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAMAKO, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; A former prime minister of Mali, which is now under military rule, has been charged with undermining the credibility of the state over comments on social media. Following a prison visit in July to see detained opposition figures, Moussa Mara declared on X his &#8220;unwavering solidarity with prisoners of conscience.&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":308655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308654"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=308654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308656,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308654\/revisions\/308656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/308655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=308654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=308654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=308654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}