Alyssa Banta (www.alyssabanta.com) Preservationists are raising funds to translate collections (one of the largest private holdings in Timbuktu) into English and French. "The manuscripts show that ...

The reconstruction of the Timbuktu mausoleums was one of first cases where destruction of heritage was prosecuted as crime of war, recognising cultural heritage protection as an integral part of ...

The Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), al Qaeda’s branch in West Africa, released several photos earlier today from last week’s deadly assault on a Malian base near Timbuktu. The assault ...

The Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), al Qaeda’s branch in West Africa, claimed earlier today that four suicide bombers were used in the April 14 suicide assault on the Timbuktu airport.

Father Columba Stewart, a Benedictine monk from St Joseph's Abbey, Minnesota, has travelled to Timbuktu with a team of experts to try and persuade the Imams of the City's three great Mosques to ...

Alice Morrison, Arabist and explorer, journeys beneath the veil along Africa's infamous salt roads from Morocco via the Sahara Desert to the legendary city of Gold, Timbuktu.