Mali: Resumed Trial of Presidential Aircraft and Military Equipment Cases

In Mali, the "river" trial of the cases of the presidential plane and overbilled military equipment contracts resumes on Thursday, 22 May, before the Court of Assizes in Bamako. Cases of embezzlement of public funds dating back to 2014 concern more than 130 billion CFA francs, in which nine former ministers, military and businessmen are prosecuted. Suspended in November 2024, the trial will therefore reopen but under special conditions: the form…

It is an image that will remain. This Thursday morning, in the already overwhelming heat of Bamako, a stretcher splits the court of the Palace of Justice. Above, elongated, unrecognizable, the former Malian Minister of Economy and Finance, Bouaré Fily Sissoko. Incarcerated for more than three years, hospitalized in recent weeks, she is forcibly driven to court,...

On 22 May, the trial of the purchase of a presidential aircraft and contracts for military equipment signed under the presidency of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK) was reopened. Two cases date back to 2014, which were closed but re-launched since the coup d'état of August 2020.