Former Mali president Amadou Toumani Toure has died at 72
After leading a coup in 1991, he held democratic elections in 1992 and handed power to a civilian president, earning him the nickname ‘soldier of democracy’
10 November 2020 - 12:12
Bamako — Former Malian president Amadou Toumani Toure, who won acclaim for pursuing democratic reforms before being toppled by a military coup in 2012, has died at the age of 72, an aide said on Tuesday.
Toure’s life, in many ways, symbolised the stop-start nature of democracy in Mali, where his successor, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, was overthrown in another coup this August...
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