On 19 November 1968, following progressive economic decline, the Keïta regime was overthrown in a bloodless military coup led by Moussa Traoré, a day which is now commemorated as Liberation Day.

The Traoré government allowed some opening of the system, including the establishment of an independent press and independent political associations, but insisted that Mali was not ready for democracy.

After Keita was ousted by a coup d ' état in 1968 organized by General Moussa Traoré, most of Keita's support for the arts was cancelled, but the " Semaines Nationale de la Jeunesse " festival was retained and renamed to " Biennale Artistique et Culturelle de la Jeunesse ".

He then became Minister of Information and Telecommunications in the government named on June 28, 1979 and Minister of the Plan in the government named on August 2, 1980 ; in the latter position, he became the second ranking person in the government after Moussa Traoré, who was President and Minister of Defense.

The rebuilding was completed in 1907 using forced labour under the direction of Ismaila Traoré, head of Djenné ’ s guild of masons.

His reputation was rehabilitated in 1992 following the overthrow of Moussa Traoré and subsequent elections of president Alpha Oumar Konaré.

After only half a season at the Valley, Traoré was allowed to leave the club by new manager Alan Pardew, joining Portsmouth.

Despite this, Traoré failed to make an impact, and with Nadir Belhadj signing a contract his Portsmouth career was at an end.

The town was a small village until 1876 when Tieba Traoré, whose mother came from Sikasso, became King of the Kénédougou Empire and moved its capital there.

His first work for them was the dance piece Passages with Fatou Traoré, premiered in 2001.

In Mali, President Moussa Traoré, a former military leader who had come to power in a 1968 military coup, was facing growing pressure over poverty, International Monetary Fund restrictions on government spending, drought, and 20 years of one-party rule.

After independence in 1960 US-RDA was established as the sole legal party in the country ; however, it was officially dissolved following the 1968 coup by Moussa Traoré.

Traoré was a member of the Burkinabé 2004 African Nations Cup team, which finished bottom of its group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.

He was not a candidate for re-election as President of the National Assembly at the opening of the new National Assembly on September 3 ; the position was won by ADEMA President Dioncounda Traoré.

On August 8, 2007, following the death of Minister of National Education Mamadou Lamine Traoré in July, Sissoko was named Minister of National Education, while remaining Minister of Culture.

At the beginning of the new National Assembly's term on September 3, Tall was a candidate for the position of President of the National Assembly, but he was defeated by ADEMA President Dioncounda Traoré ; Tall received 31 votes while Traoré received 111.

On November 19, 1968, the General Moussa Traoré organized a coup d ' état against Modibo Keïta, and sent him to prison in the northern Malian town of Kidal.

A military junta headed by Lansana Conté and Diarra Traoré seized power on April 3, 1984 in a bloodless coup, ending Beavogui's brief rule.

That afternoon, Lieutenant Colonel Amadou Toumani Touré announced on the radio that he had arrested the dictatorial president, Moussa Traoré.

Traoré started his career at home club Laval before moving on to Liverpool, with Gérard Houllier paying £ 500, 000 for him in February 1999.

On 10 February 2009 Traoré joined Birmingham City, then of the Football League Championship, on a three-month emergency loan.

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It opened on September 27, 2008 with a free concert by Arno Elias, Rokia Traoré and Keziah Jones.

He also played in 2008 Pre-Olympics tournament, but along with Fousseni Traoré, were found too old for a U-23 event ( born on or after 1 January 2005 ).

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Son of the previous king, Mansa Douala, Traoré moved the Empire's capital to Sikasso, building a palace on the city's Mamelon hill.

Following Tieba's death on January 1, 1893, his brother Babemba Traoré assumed the throne.

On November 19, 1968, a group of young officers staged a bloodless coup and set up a 14-member Military Committee for National Liberation ( CMLN ), with Lt. Moussa Traoré as president.

On 19 November 1968, a group of young Malian officers staged a bloodless coup and set up a 14-member military junta, with Lt. Moussa Traoré as president.

This ' Group of 19 ' includes Aminata Traoré, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Eduardo Galeano, José Saramago, François Houtart, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Armand Mattelart, Roberto Savio, Riccardo Petrella, Ignacio Ramonet, Bernard Cassen, Samir Amin, Atilio Boron, Samuel Ruiz Garcia, Tariq Ali, Frei Betto, Emir Sader, Walden Bello, and Immanuel Wallerstein.

On 18 August 2011 Traoré signed a one-year contract with Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille.

Falaba Issa Traoré ( 1930 – August 8, 2003 ) was a Malian writer, comedian, playwright, and theatre and film director.

On March 26, 1991, after 4 days of intense anti-government rioting, a group of 17 military officers, led by former President Amadou Toumani Touré, arrested President Traoré and suspended the constitution.

On 26 March 1991, after four days of intense anti-government rioting, a group of 17 military officers, led by current President Amadou Toumani Touré, arrested President Traoré and suspended the constitution.

The democratic reforms after the overthrow of Moussa Traoré in 1991 caused many young men to lose their previously guaranteed government jobs and scholarships.

On May 25, 1991, after the regime of Moussa Traoré was overthrown by General Amadou Toumani Touré, ADEMA transformed itself into an official political party and took the name Alliance for Democracy in Mali-African Party for Solidarity and Justice ( ADEMA-Parti Africain pour la Solidarité et la Justice, ADEMA-PASJ ).

The two presidents, Thomas Sankara and Moussa Traoré, also had strained relations for a while.

However, when two Traoré hunters from the Do kingdom presented him an ugly, hunchbacked woman named Sogolon ; he remembered the prophecy and married her.

However, when two Traoré hunters from the Do kingdom presented him an ugly ; hunchbacked woman named Sogolon, he remembered the prophecy and married her.

26 March 1991 is the day that marks the clash between military soldiers and peaceful demonstrating students which climaxed in the massacre of dozens under the orders of then President Moussa Traoré.

In December 2006 Peter Sellars ' New Crowned Hope festival, which is part of the City of Vienna's celebrations commemorating Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birthday 250 years ago, saw the world premiere of Wati, a performance by Rokia Traoré and the Klangforum Wien.

Built in 2001, it is named for the date of Martyrs ' Day ( Mali ): a national commemoration of the 26 March 1991 Bamako uprising which overthrew the dictatorship of Moussa Traoré.

Bougouni held an important set of colonial archives which were lost in a fire during the March 1991 uprising against President Moussa Traoré.

Nanka Traoré became Kénédougou's first ruler and began the Traoré dynasty, which would last into the late 19th century.