Tondidarou is a small town and megalithic archaeological site in the Niafunké Cercle, Timbuktu Region, Mali, northwest of Niafunké, about 150 kilometres south-west of Timbuktu.
In the July 2007 parliamentary election, he was elected to the National Assembly on a URD list in Niafunké District; the list won 50.16% of the district's vote, making Touré one of thirteen candidates across the country to be elected in the first round.
As rebels made their gains farther north, notably capturing the towns of Léré, Andéramboukane, and Ménaka without resistance, the Malian army made a series of tactical retreats planning to reorganize and defend Niafunké, which holds a key location between the government controlled areas of the Timbuktu Region and the more rebel presences' areas of the east.