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 ...

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 ...

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.

There were no humanitarian agencies in the area before the insurgency, and bad roads, travel restrictions and unpredictable attacks have made it difficult for them to go in, said Modibo Traore ...

The two suspects were in Malian military custody after being arrested at 7 a.m. on Saturday on a road that leads into northern Mali’s largest city, said military spokesman Modibo Traore.

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 ...