Mr. Traoré was a young lieutenant when he led a coup ousting Modibo Keïta, the West African nation’s first president. He and other officers set up the Military Committee for National ...

Traore seized power in a military coup in 1968, eight years after Mali gained independence from France, and amid growing discontent with then-president Modibo Keita, the country's first president.

Mr. Traore, who had studied at a French military ... amid growing discontent with Modibo Keita, the country’s first president. Mr. Keita had turned Mali into a socialist state, with collective ...

In power from 1968 to 1991, Mali’s Moussa Traoré, who forcibly took over from Modibo Keïta, the ‘father of independence’, has died in Bamako at the age of 83. He had burst onto the Malian political ...

Mali’s interim president, Dioncounda Traore, has re-appointed his prime minister, giving him three days to name a new government of national unity to form a united front against rebels in the ...

Malian military spokesman Capt. Modibo Traore said Saturday evening that soldiers had secured the town. 'I am calling all partners of African development ... to make generous contributions to this ...

Mali's interim prime minister Cheick Modibo Diarra said on Malian public television late on Thursday that Traore "had taken himself to hospital". "We spoke by telephone this morning. He is doing well, ...