Vol 48 No 10 | MALI La caravane passe au Mali 11th May 2007 Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré's electoral triumph ends 'the politics of consensus' in place since 2002. Results from the Minister of Territorial Administration, Gene...
Vol 48 No 9 | MALI ATT seeks takokélén 27th April 2007 President Touré is poised to win a second term in Mali's presidential election on 29 April President Amadou Toumani Touré ('ATT'), has been campaigning for takokélén in the presidential election on 29 April. That's Bambara for 'taking all at once' - ...
Vol 48 No 9 | MALI Politicians and their parties 27th April 2007 Born in Mopti, Amadou Toumani Touré (ATT, 52) is backed by over 30 parties and myriad civil society organisations, along with the nebulous, 'apolitical' Mouvement Citoyen (C...
Vol 46 No 12 | MALI Soccer, Islam and hard times 10th June 2005 Football riots and fears of terrorism are undermining ATT's reputation Bamako is worried about security, and awaiting a cabinet reshuffle by President Amadou Toumani Touré (ATT). Prime Minister Ousmane Issoufi Maïga may not survive. Some c...
Vol 46 No 10 | MALI Belgium's man in Africa 13th May 2005 Little did a royal Belgian foundation expect that by bestowing a prize on Mali's shy, soft-spoken former Territorial Administration Minister, it would reignite controversy over the...
Vol 44 No 8 | MALI Bamako blues 18th April 2003 The soldier-turned-president's carefully crafted consensus is threatened by a confident opposition President Amadou Toumani Touré ('ATT') has had little chance to relax after his election in May 2002, as he struggles with domestic politics and the economic fall-out from t...
Vol 43 No 11 | MALI He's back 31st May 2002 The interest groups that helped Touré into the presidency want their reward The man who once said 'only an idiot' would want to be Mali's head of state was confirmed as President on 23 May after two rounds of voting (AC Vol 42 No 19 & Vol 43 No 9). The...
Vol 43 No 9 | MALI Recycled general 3rd May 2002 Former military leader Amadou Toumani Touré (ATT) was running narrowly ahead on 1 May with some 27 per cent of the vote in Mali's 28 April presidential elections. Counting w...
Vol 42 No 19 | MALI Stand to ATTention 28th September 2001 By the end of October Mali's national hero, General Amadou Toumani Touré (ATT), will almost certainly announce that he'll stand in next year's presidential election. ATT is ...
Vol 42 No 12 | MALI Of mud and men 15th June 2001 General Amadou Toumani Touré's snap appointment as United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's special envoy to Central African Republic (see Feature: Plot and panic) has ...
