I nearly killed a man to reach Timbuktu, but only after he made me dig our truck out of the sand with a stolen butter knife. Not that getting home was much easier. Once we finally made it to the ...

Timbuktu — the forbidden city in the heart of Africa. It was founded in 1080. And within 300 years, it had already become one of the era’s most important trading points, ...

Mali is known, if it is known at all, for being one of the world's poorest and most inhospitable countries. The West African country, roughly ...

Timbuktu – the forbidden city in the heart of Africa. It was founded in 1080. And within 300 years, it had become one of the era’s most important trading points, ...

The mystery of Timbuktu was compelling, and my fear added an evocative excitement to the mix.There is only one flight a week from Paris to Mopti, in the Malian outback. The charter delivers a fresh ...

Foreign Policy: Timbuktu, Lost City Foreign Policy's Peter Chilson gives a short history of the ancient, iconic Malian city and explains why it now faces imminent destruction. Opinion ...

Timbuktu is in Mali, a West African country bordered by seven others, including Algeria, Niger and Senegal. Unless you fly from the capital of Bamako, ...

Days before French forces entered Timbuktu, the fleeing jihadists burned about 4,000 pages of manuscripts that they found in the restoration room.

Timbuktu was once the center of a vibrant trans-Saharan network, where traders swapped not only slaves, salt, gold, and silk, but also manuscripts—scientific, artistic, and religious masterworks ...

There isn't a child in Timbuktu who doesn't recognize her, she says. Even now she avoids the market, sending her sisters to buy the meat instead.