Janar Abass Dembélé, tsohon gwamnan yankin  Mopti ta tsakiya kuma jigo a cikin sojojin, yana cikin wadanda aka kama.

Tun a shekara ta 2012 Kasar ta Mali ta fada cikin tashin hankali  sakamakon hare-hare daga kungiyoyin da ke da alaka da Al-Qaeda da IS.

Sojojin da ke mulki sun kau da kai daga abokan kawancen kasashen Yamma, musamman tsohuwar uwargiyarsu Faransa, don karkatawa zuwa ga  Rasha da sunan neman cikakken yanci.