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 ...

The restoration of Timbuktu's 15th-century Sidi Yahya mosque, destroyed by jihadists in 2012, sends a signal that Mali won't allow its equilibrium to change permanently, a Mali researcher told DW.

Islamic moderates continue to dominate religious thinking in Timbuktu (the city's mosque, dating from c. 1325, is a UNESCO World Heritage site).

Timbuktu's Treasures Are Being Destroyed As World Watches Helplessly : The Two-Way Muslim extremists are pillaging Sufi tombs and mosques. They're ignoring international protests. To them, the ...

JEFFREY BROWN: An historic mosque in Timbuktu on the edge of the Sahara Desert in the remote north of Mali, North Africa, it's a beautiful, magical setting.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — An alleged Islamic extremist charged with being involved in destroying religious buildings in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu has been arrested and was sent Saturday ...

Armed groups pulled the decorative wooden door off the Sidi Yahia mosque in Timbuktu, Mali. The doorway had been sealed with mud bricks to protect the tombs of saints. The mosque was built in 1440.

This wealth fueled Timbuktu’s rise not only as a center of commerce but also as a center of knowledge. The city would erect grand mosques, attracting scholars who in turn formed academies and ...

BAMAKO, Mali — Witnesses say at least 15 people died in a stampede in a Timbuktu mosque during services celebrating the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Twenty-six people were crushed to death in a stampede near a mosque in Mali's desert city of Timbuktu, a government spokesman said Friday. The incident occurred Thursday night ...