Touré was born on June 26, 1970, in Niafunké, Mali.[1] Between 1993 and 1996, he received training at the Joint Military School in Koulikoro, and in 1998 received intelligence training in Egypt.[2] Between 1999 and 2000, Touré attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College studying the use of armored vehicles.[1][2] During his time in Koulikoro, Touré served as the commander of the 133rd Reconnaissance Squadron based in Gao, and then received many intelligence-related responsibilities in the Malian Army.[2] After the 2012 Malian coup d'état, Touré was appointed head of internal state security as a lieutenant colonel.[3] In the wake of the coup, he was promoted to colonel in 2012 and brigadier general in 2013 by IBK. Moussa Dawara succeeded Touré as head of state security.[3][2]
In 2014, Touré was arrested for his role in crushing the 2012 Malian counter-coup attempt and a mutiny on September 30, 2013.[4] He was acquitted for these charges in 2016.[5][6] In 2017, Touré was appointed as governor of Mopti Region, and promoted to major-general on September 20, 2018.[1] Following the Sobane Da massacre on June 13, 2019, Touré was dismissed from his post as governor.[7] He was appointed instead as Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Malian National Security Council.[8]
