BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's former military leader Moussa Traore, who overthrew his predecessor in a 1968 coup, has died at the age of 83, a spokesman for the country's military junta said on Tuesday.

He had burst onto the Malian political scene in November 1968. Based on growing popular discontent with Modibo Keïta, a group of young officers, including Lieutenant Moussa Traoré, overthrew the ...