Moussa Traoré was a Malian soldier, politician, and dictator who was President of Mali from 1968 to 1991. As a Lieutenant, he led the military ousting of President Modibo Keïta in 1968. Thereafter he served as head of state until March 1991, when he was overthrown by popular protests and a military coup.
The el-Ghad Party is an active political party in Egypt that was granted license in October 2004. El-Ghad is a centrist liberal secular political party pressing for widening the scope of political participation and for a peaceful rotation of power.
Mamadou Bagayoko is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France, he represented Mali at international level.
Djoliba Athletic Club is a Malian football club and one of the two biggest teams in Mali alongside the Stade Malien. The team is based in the capital city of Bamako. It has its headquarters and three training stadia at Complex Sportif Hérémakono, in the Heremakono Quartier. The President of Djoliba AC, re-elected in 2009 to a four-year term, is Karounga Keita a Vice President of the Malian Football Federation, former trainer at the club, who was a player at the founding of the club in 1960. Djoliba or Joliba is the name of the Niger River in the Bamana language. Not only a football club, Djoliba AC is an Omnisports club which fields teams in many sports, and is operated as a membership organisation with an elected board.
Moussa Sissoko is a French professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Ligue 1 club Nantes. He plays as a box-to-box midfielder in the centre of the pitch, and is capable of playing in either a holding midfield role, or even as an attacking midfielder, right winger or right back.
Mamadou Bagayoko is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defender. He is currently playing for Rebecq in the Belgian Division 2.
Mamadou is a common given name in West Africa among predominantly Muslim ethnic groups such as the Mandé and Wolof people. It is a variant of the Arabic name Muhammad.
The Military Committee for National Liberation was the body that ruled Mali by decree after the 1968 coup d'état.
Moussa Ibrahim Gaddafi is a Libyan political figure who rose to international attention in 2011 as Muammar Gaddafi's Information Minister and official spokesman, serving in this role until the government was toppled in the Libyan Civil War. Ibrahim held frequent press conferences in the course of the war, denouncing rebel forces and the NATO-led military intervention, often in defiant and impassioned tones. His status and whereabouts remained unknown following the Battle of Tripoli in which the Gaddafi government was overthrown, although there were several claims and subsequent refutations of his capture. Eventually, in late 2014, it was discovered he was in Egypt before he was deported and fled to Serbia. On 12 January 2015 Moussa Ibrahim spoke publicly by video link at a political event hosted at the Committee Rooms Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London from an undisclosed location, also the Director of Private Security Company.
Pape Moussa Konaté is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Georgian club Dinamo Batumi and the Senegal national team. He was called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Fatoumata Bagayoko is a Malian women's basketball player. Bagayoko competed for Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she scored 21 in 5 games, including 8 points in the final loss to Spain. She was born in Bamako and plays for Djoliba AC women's basketball team.
Moussa Dembélé is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Lyon.
Moussa Marega is a professional footballer who plays as a second striker for Saudi Professional League club Al Hilal. Born in France, he represents the Mali national team.
Christina Meursinge Hall is an American real estate investor and TV personality. She previously co-starred on HGTV's show Flip or Flop alongside her now ex-husband Tarek El Moussa and the HGTV show, Christina on the Coast. In 2023, she began starring in HGTV's Christina in the Country.
Moussa Djenepo is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for EFL Championship club Southampton and the Mali national team.
Soungalo Bagayogo was a Malian boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. In December 2011, he was designated by Mali's National Olympic Committee as a stakeholder in the development of sport in his home country.
Moussa Sidi Bagayoko is a Mauritanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Concorde and the Mauritania national team.
The 1968 Malian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup in Mali staged on 19 November 1968 against the government of President Modibo Keïta. The coup was led by Lieutenant Moussa Traoré, who then became the head of state.
Moussa Diabaté is a French professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Ontario Clippers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. Diabaté was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top centers in the 2021 class.
Moussa Sissako is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Russian Premier League club Sochi. Born in France, he plays for the Mali national team.
