A former minister under the Moussa Traoré regime (1968-1991) who later became an advisor to President Alpha Oumar Konaré (1992-2002) Hama ag Mahmoud has been declared ‘head of state of the Azawad’ in Ménaka...
The first round of the poll on 29 April marks the departure of President Amadou Toumani Touré the former paratroop officer who ousted the dictator Moussa Traoré in 1990 opening the way to reform...
Touré says he wants to spend his last two years reinforcing the democratic structures established after he overthrew dictator Moussa Traoré in 1991...
Sources close to the inquiry tell us that the unit is seeking Moussa Traoré and Sidikiba Kaba who are accused of leading the drug-trafficking network which was powerful under Conté's regime...
They also focus on healthcare and education and on the grip of ATT's circle on state apparatus as well as the politicisation of the military - from where ATT launched himself into politics by overthrowing dictator Moussa Traoré in 1991...
Vol 48 No 1 |
- WEST AFRICA
ATT on top ATT gets personal credit for having led the putsch that ended the dictatorship of Moussa Traoré in 1991 and for then establishing democracy...
People are starting to say that ATT who overthrew the dictator Moussa Traoré is not very keen on criticism either...
When Bozizé's forces marched into Bangui in March 2003 Paris tried to persuade the general to emulate Mali's Amadou Toumani Touré who overthrew Moussa Traoré in 1991 then stood aside to let civilians contest an election...
He is something of an apologist for former dictator Moussa Traoré who is still respected by ATT once his army subordinate...
He espouses economic reform political openness and human rights in a country brutalised by the corrupt rule of another general Moussa Traoré from 1976 till 1991 when ATT then head of the paratroop battalion arrested the President and set up an interim government to hold free elections...
