Anti-government protests in 1991 led to a coup, a transitional government, and a new constitution. Opposition to the corrupt and dictatorial regime of General Moussa Traoré grew during the 1980s. During this time strict programs, imposed to satisfy demands of the International Monetary Fund, brought increased hardship upon the country's population, while elites close to the government supposedly lived in growing wealth. Peaceful student protests in January 1991 were brutally suppressed, with mass arrests and torture of leaders and participants. Scattered acts of rioting and vandalism of public buildings followed, but most actions by the dissidents remained nonviolent. COUNT 5
QSN1 In what year did Mali get a new constitution?  ANS1 1991 QSN2 In January of 1991 what type of protests were violently curbed? ANS2 student protests QSN3 What type of administration did general Mousa Traoré have? ANS3 dictatorial regime QSN4 Strict rules were put in place to appease what monetary fund? ANS4 International Monetary Fund QSN5 It was rumored that people close to the government lived in what type of condition?  ANS5 growing wealth