In the ancient caravan city of Timbuktu, many nights before I encountered the bibliophile or the marabout, or comforted the Green Beret's girlfriend, I was summoned to a rooftop to meet the salt ...

See map at left.) It is the center’s mission to address the complex issue of health ... For Murphy, such glaring disparities are commonplace. But that detour into Timbuktu revealed a snapshot that ...

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.

Prosecutors say al-Hassan ag Abdoul Aziz ag Mohamed ag Mahmoud led a "reign of terror" in Timbuktu after it was overrun in 2012 by the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine group. Hassan, who remained ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted the former head of the Islamic police in Mali's historic city of Timbuktu for crimes against humanity and forcing hundreds of women into sexual ...

You can find your way around our campus using our interactive maps. All of our buildings are in the same general area of the city and are within easy walking distance of each other, making getting ...

There were more than 400 cities in the Niger Delta. Timbuktu became the heart of his empire, the centre of trade and culture. News of wealth and learning spread far and wide. Traders and scholars ...

An Islamist militant who is serving a prison sentence for destroying ancient mausoleums in Timbuktu has been found liable for nearly 3m euros in damages. Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi was jailed for nine ...

Although the attack was attributed to Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), the al-Qaeda affiliated coalition of armed ...