Mansa Musa, the 14th-century ruler of the Mali Empire, amassed immense wealth through gold and strategic trade, becoming ...

In those days, riding in an ABU bus felt safer than the NAF–001 (presidential jet). Everywhere we went, we received smiles, ...

Unlock the mysteries buried beneath time as we explore the secrets of lost cities and the hidden world of ancient civilizations that once shaped the course of human history. In this immersive journey, ...

Analysis - Mali, a landlocked Sahelian nation of 25 million people, has faced significant instability since 2012, marked by ...

Attackers targeted a Malian army base on Monday and fired shells at the airport in the northern city of Timbuktu where heavy gunfire was heard, security and local officials and residents said.A ...

Thanks to globalisation, Timbuktu is not so remote any more, which may explain the decline in its usage as a byword for inaccessibility. According to Google Maps, it would take a mere 96 hours to ...

Mali’s ancient city of Timbuktu, 12 miles north of the River Niger, ... Maps were of limited use, and the city, to Europeans at least, Timbuktu was considered ‘lost’.

With streets apparently paved with gold, fabulous riches and dazzling wealth, in a golden age of exploration there were few cities on earth to match the intriguing lure of Timbuktu. Distant and ...

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Many Europeans died trying to go to and from Timbuktu, but René Caillié was the first European to reach Timbuktu and then return to Europe. During the scramble for Africa, colonial France occupied ...