TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Thirteen years ago, Abdoulaye Cissé risked his life to smuggle tens of thousands of fragile manuscripts out of Timbuktu as al-Qaida-linked extremists swept into the desert town.

A museum guard picks up boxes holding ancient manuscripts, which were partially damaged by Islamist rebels, at the Ahmed Baba Institute, or Ahmed Baba Centre for Documentation and Research, in ...

TIMBUKTU, Mali (Reuters) - Patrolling Timbuktu's maze of mud-brick houses, the French troops quickly lost their way, their jeeps stuck, wheels spinning, in the sand of the ancient Saharan trading town ...

TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — In an open field at the edge of the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali, young models walk the runway clad in colorful traditional attires during a “caravan for peace” fashion event ...

The Malian military government on Monday started returning home the historic manuscripts of Timbuktu that were spirited out of their fabled northern city when it was occupied by Al Qaeda-linked ...

While Russia’s ambitions in sub-Saharan Africa and Wagner’s ties to the Kremlin have long been something of an open secret, one question lingered after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short-lived rebellion – ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - The Oscar nomination of "Timbuktu", a film about the occupation of the Malian desert town by al Qaeda-linked Islamists in 2012, should not mask the lack of established cinema from ...

TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — The 28,000 manuscripts returned safely to Timbuktu in August after a request from local leaders and civil society. TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Thirteen years ago, Abdoulaye Cissé ...

TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Thirteen years ago, Abdoulaye Cissé risked his life to smuggle tens of thousands of fragile manuscripts out of Timbuktu as al-Qaida-linked extremists swept into the desert town.