Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita named a former head of government, Modibo Keita, as the new prime ...

Mali's former prime minister Modibo Keita has died at the age of 78, interim premier Moctar Ouane said Saturday, the latest in a string of deaths of high-profile political figures in the West African ...

Last summer, when 6-ft. 3-in. Mali President Modibo Keita returned to his capital of Bamako from a month-long visit to the Soviet Union, he told dignitaries at the airport: “Look, Modibo is back.

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita named a former head of government, Modibo Keita, as the new prime minister on Thursday after the previous government resigned, state ...