Mansa Musa, the King of the Mali Empire, remains one of the wealthiest individuals in history, with his fortune far ...

“According to the inhabitants of Timbuktu, gold came from the south, the salt from the north and divine knowledge from Timbuktu,” the Timbuktu Foundation says on its website.

Timbuktu can take relatively complex and slightly amorphous travel plans and transform them into a well-organized, perfectly tailored trip.

The Black Rep has done some magnificent musicals, and Timbuktu isn’t the best of the lot—but it’s well worth an evening of your time. It continues at the Edison through June 9.

The court said his crimes had involved overseeing public floggings, torture and arbitrary arrests during a jihadist takeover in northern Mali in 2012.

Al Qaeda-linked Mali Islamists armed with Kalashnikovs and pick-axes destroyed centuries-old mausoleums of saints in the UNESCO-listed city of Timbuktu on Saturday in front of shocked locals ...

The Malian army said it had foiled an attack on a military camp in Timbuktu on Monday morning, a day after a jihadist assault that killed 30 soldiers in central Mali.

New Orleans company Intramural Theater mounts Ken Prestininzi’s 'Timbuktu, USA,' on Jan. 24-Feb. 2 at the New Marigny Theatre.

Sky Mali, the only commercial airline flying to Timbuktu in Mali's interior, has cancelled flights there due to insecurity, it said on Monday, deepening the isolation of the northern city which ...

The ancient city of Timbuktu in Mali is suffering under a months long blockade by Islamist militants as instability grows in the region. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Oct. 5, 2023.) ...

It’s a plot ripe for skewering the hallowed halls of power and those who walk them, but “Timbuktu, USA,” directed by Elizabeth Frenchie Faith, mostly lets chaos reign, delivering 100 minutes ...

In Niger, the government has declared three days of national mourning after an attack by suspected militants killed at least 29 soldiers in the country’s western border with Mali. Niger’s ...