Mali's justice system has sentenced a French intelligence officer with diplomatic status at the French embassy in Bamako to 20 years in prison on charges of threatening state security. The officer was arrested in August 2025; France contests the charges and suggests they may be politically motivated.

A French intelligence officer holding diplomatic status was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Mali on charges of undermining state security after nearly 10 months in detention. France's Foreign Ministry dismissed the accusations as baseless, signaling a deepening diplomatic rift between the two nations.