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Mali Ex-president Toure, Democratic Icon Toppled In Coup, Has Died by Honbright(op): 12:51pm On Nov 10, 2020

Mali’s former president Amadou Toumani Toure, who led the Sahel nation for 10 years before being ousted in a coup, has died in Turkey aged 72, a family member and a doctor said on Tuesday.

“Amadou Toumani Toure died during the night of Monday to Tuesday in Turkey,” where he had been taken for health reasons, his nephew Oumar Toure told AFP.

Toure was Mali’s President from 2002. He led the Sahel nation for 10 years before being deposed by a military coup in March 2012 led by General Amadou Haya Sanogo.

Toure's life, in many ways, symbolised the stop-start nature of democracy in the West African country, where his successor, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, was overthrown in another coup this August.

Widely known by his initials ATT, Toure was a former paratrooper who seized power in 1991 after military ruler Moussa Traore's security forces killed more than 100 pro-democracy demonstrators.

He organised democratic elections the following year and handed over power to a civilian president, earning him the nickname of “Soldier of Democracy”.

Details here...https://www.voiceairmedia.com/2020/11/breaking-mali-ex-president-toure.html

Re: Mali Ex-president Toure, Democratic Icon Toppled In Coup, Has Died by tunene66: 12:52pm On Nov 10, 2020

Honbright:
Mali’s former president Amadou Toumani Toure, who led the Sahel nation for 10 years before being ousted in a coup, has died in Turkey aged 72, a family member and a doctor said on Tuesday.

“Amadou Toumani Toure died during the night of Monday to Tuesday in Turkey,” where he had been taken for health reasons, his nephew Oumar Toure told AFP.

Toure was Mali’s President from 2002. He led the Sahel nation for 10 years before being deposed by a military coup in March 2012 led by General Amadou Haya Sanogo.

Toure's life, in many ways, symbolised the stop-start nature of democracy in the West African country, where his successor, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, was overthrown in another coup this August.

Widely known by his initials ATT, Toure was a former paratrooper who seized power in 1991 after military ruler Moussa Traore's security forces killed more than 100 pro-democracy demonstrators.

He organised democratic elections the following year and handed over power to a civilian president, earning him the nickname of “Soldier of Democracy”.

Details here...https://www.voiceairmedia.com/2020/11/breaking-mali-ex-president-toure.html

what a pity

Re: Mali Ex-president Toure, Democratic Icon Toppled In Coup, Has Died by YoonSung57: 12:54pm On Nov 10, 2020

RIP

Re: Mali Ex-president Toure, Democratic Icon Toppled In Coup, Has Died by Muyiwaipere(m): 1:11pm On Nov 10, 2020

Re: Mali Ex-president Toure, Democratic Icon Toppled In Coup, Has Died by flemsy15(m): 1:18pm On Nov 10, 2020

RIP

Re: Mali Ex-president Toure, Democratic Icon Toppled In Coup, Has Died by GallantDuke(m): 1:23pm On Nov 10, 2020

RIP

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