A government plain in the African nation of Mali to remove state support for Catholic schools could harm inter-religious ...

But for much of the past decade the U.S. State Department and the foreign services of other Western governments have advised their citizens to avoid Timbuktu as well as the rest of northern Mali.

Timbuktu was inscribed on the World Heritage list in 1988 under ... The project was funded by the Government of Mali and UNESCO with contributions from the European Union, Switzerland, Andorra, the ...

Back in 2012, when it was reported that the region was overrun by the jihadist group Ansar al-Din and a Tuareg rebel group, ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, the former head of the Islamic police in Timbuktu, Mali, to 10 years in prison for war crimes.

Battuta travelled throughout the known Islamic world. In the 1350s, he travelled through Mali to Timbuktu where he heard stories of Mansa Musa, which he wrote down. Similarly, another scholar ...

Once home to pre-colonial empires, Mali is a large, arid, landlocked country in western Africa. For centuries, its northern city of Timbuktu was a center for commerce, culture and learning. But after ...

Other notable airports include Gao Airport, Timbuktu Airport, and Mopti-Sevaré Airport, which facilitate travel to the more remote regions of the country. Although Mali does not have an active ...

Songhoy Blues, an African desert blues group with Touré at the helm, was eventually formed. The group gained fame after a run ...