(Reuters) - The al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters who have used pick-axes, shovels and hammers to shatter earthen tombs and shrines of local saints in Mali's fabled desert city of Timbuktu say they ...

The preservationists of Timbuktu’s centuries-old artifacts have been holding their breath for weeks, waiting for the moment when the French military would seize back Mali’s ancient northern capital ...

The Malian military government on Monday started returning home the ancient manuscripts of Timbuktu, which were spirited out of their fabled northern city when it was occupied by al-Qaida-linked ...

A world of knowledge was nearly lost forever amid the al-Qaida occupation in Timbuktu five years ago. Many were burnt, but thousands of ancient manuscripts were smuggled away and saved, and now are ...

In April 2021, the Government of Mali and UNESCO each received a symbolic euro from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as reparation for the damage inflicted on the people of Mali and the ...

The director began to weep while discussing his competition film's depiction of the brutal Islamic law that has been instituted in his home country of Mali. By The Associated Press Abderrahmane ...

BAMAKO, Mali — The Malian military government on Monday started returning home the historic manuscripts of Timbuktu, which were spirited out of their fabled northern city when it was occupied by ...