Timbuktu

Targeting Timbuktu

Paul Stoller | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: African History, Islam, Timbuktu, World Civilization), Tuaregs, Mali, Cultural Heritage, Africa, Unesco, Joseph Kony, Cultural Property, Songhay, Impact News
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Military occupation is not only bad news for the people who live in Timbuktu, but also for its world-renowned centers of learning that house precious manuscripts, some of which date to the 13th century.

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Malian Rebels Declare Cease-Fire After Push

AP | RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Timbuktu, Nmla, Azawad, Bamako, Mali Rebels, Kidal, Mali Cease-Fire, Mali, Bamako Mali, Mali Coup, Mali Revolution, Gao, Mali Ceasefire, National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad, Video, World News

BAMAKO, Mali — The rebel group that recently seized control of Mali's remote north in a maneuver that effectively partitioned the country in two...

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Ominous Black Flag Reportedly Flies Over Timbuktu

AP | RUKMINI CALLIMACHI | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Mali, Timbuktu, Video, Mali Rebellion, Mali Rebellion Islamists, Mali Clashes, Mali Coup, Timbuktu Flag, World News

BAMAKO, Mali — Just 12 days after they stormed the presidential palace, the young officers that seized control of Mali in a coup were slapped Mo...

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Foreigners Kidnapped, Murdered In Timbuktu

AP | BABA AHMED | Posted 01.26.2012

Read More: Mali, Timbuktu Mali, Timbuktu, Timbuktu Murder, Mali Kidnapping, Timbuktu Kidnapping, World News

BAMAKO, Mali — Gunmen killed a German man in Mali's most famous city of Timbuktu and seized three men from the Netherlands, South Africa and Swe...

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Photos: Timbuktu Preserves Historic Manuscripts

GlobalPost | Nicolas Brulliard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mamma Haidara Manuscripts Library, Timbuktu Manuscripts, Sankore University, Timbuktu, Mali, World News

TIMBUKTU, Mali -- In the darkness of his mud-brick house, Abdoul Wahid Abdarahim Tahar opened one of three metal trunks, pulled out a crumbling manusc...

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