Critics of the ban, however, argue that acts of property damage do not constitute terrorism and that the move curtails protest rights.
The country’s interior ministry described the four escapees as “terrorists” but failed to say why they were in prison.
Mr Diawara was taken from his car in the town of Menaka, located in an eastern region where militant groups linked to Al Qaeda and Daesh are active.
Somali forces and allied militias have pushed al Shabaab fighters out of a strategic town in central Somalia that the Islamist group controlled for six years.
“There is still heavy gunfire inside the hotel, and we hear explosions from time to time.”
Mali has accused France of espionage and trying to destabilise the West African country.
It was not clear yet if this was a coup attempt but it bore the hallmarks of other power grabs that have swept across West and Central Africa over the past two years.
Burkina Faso’s army said it accidentally killed civilians during a counter-terrorist operation in the country’s southeast earlier this week.
They insisted that the assassination also sharpened concerns about militants’ presence in Afghanistan.
Mr Albakaye was captured by Operation Barkhane forces between the night of June 11 and the early hours of June 12, close to the border between Mali and Niger.
