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 call him 'Pinochet',...
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 2002 elections....
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...
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...
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....
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 said...
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 delayed the expected...
Vol 41 No 18 | MALI Playing the offside rule 15th September 2000 The football cup, botched polls and graft threaten Konaré's political legacy In 18 months' time, Mali is supposed to run two big events almost simultaneously - the African Nations' Cup and a presidential election. Malians may find the football...
Vol 40 No 22 | MALI Counter-attack 5th November 1999 Beleaguered President Alpha Oumar Konaré and Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta chose la rentrée and the end of the rainy season to counter-attack, following unprecedented criticism of both...
Vol 40 No 15 | MALI Power cuts 23rd July 1999 Ambitious rivals cut the President down to size while Toumani Touré waits in the wings President Alpha Oumar Konaré wants to go down in history. Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta wants to succeed him as President. Both are in danger of being disappointed....