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.
After a prison visit to see detained opposition figures in July, Moussa Mara declared on X his “unwavering solidarity with prisoners of conscience”.
Mara, who served as prime minister for nine months a decade ago, has been a recent outspoken critic of the military government.
The junta, in power since coups in 2020 and 2021, dissolved all political parties in May following rare anti-government protests, according to the BBC.
On Thursday, Mara was detained and questioned for a second time by the national cybercrime unit about his 4 July X post.
In the post, the ex-prime minister said his regular visits to see those detained were to make sure that “the flame of hope never fades in them”.
