Malians hope the cash provides a precedent for the return of funds allegedly embezzled by the still gaoled ex-President Moussa Traoré who was toppled in 1991 and condemned to death in 1992 for 'blood crimes'...
Traoré is close to the imprisoned former dictator Moussa Traoré and was a powerful force in the area...
But the guiding spirit was a civilian – Mady Diallo who served as Minister of Finance and Ambassador to Paris under General Moussa Traoré the dictator who was overthrown in March 1991...