As its wealth grew, the city erected grand mosques, attracting scholars who ... A month after I left Timbuktu, Mali officials, under pressure from the French government, freed four AQIM suspects ...

The annual re-plastering of Mali’s Great Mosque of Djenne was held on Sunday ... learning and sister city to the more widely ...

bringing their great minds to Mali's cities. He built many great libraries, mosques and palaces across the empire. There were more than 400 cities in the Niger Delta. Timbuktu became the heart of ...

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

Tombs at the Djingareyber mosque in Timbuktu were smashed by Islamist militants in 2012 The International Criminal Court in the Hague has taken into custody a man wanted for war crimes in Mali ...

Among the country's most notable destinations, Timbuktu is a symbol of Mali's historical wealth, with its ancient mosques and historical manuscripts. Djenné, with its iconic Great Mud Mosque ...

He also built the legendary Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu, pictured below ... and mosques that stand as a testament to this golden age of Mali's history," says Smith.

European explorers heard about Timbuktu and tried to make the long and treacherous trek to visit the city. Although not as ...

The hunting society accused of a massacre More about Mali Both buildings and cultural ... guilty to destroying nine mausoleums and a mosque in Timbuktu. As head of jihadist group Ansar Dine's ...