Saving Timbuktu's Manuscripts, One Ancient Page at a Time - PassBlueReached by Skype in Timbuktu in August, Dr. Maïga said that he was separately restoring the 61,000 manuscripts that remained at the ...

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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 ...

Despite Laing being the first European to set foot in Timbuktu, the fame and fortune, 10,000 Francs and the Legion of Honour would fall to Caillié, the French explorer who came behind.

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted a Malian Islamist on Wednesday of war crimes and crimes against humanity for being a central figure in the Islamic police of Timbuktu ...

Mali's "mysterious city" welcomes a new class of students trained in looking after ancient books. From conservation to digitization of these works, a colossal task awaits them to preserve this ...

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 ...

Timbuktu, the city of 333 saints has been under jihadist blockade for a month, as residents struggle to live, and eat. Facing dire circumstances, its residents find themselves trapped in the war ...

A two-week blockade by Islamist militants has created food and aid shortages in the ancient city of Timbuktu, the mayor and residents said, as security deteriorates across much of northern and ...

Reflecting on TimbuktuThe irony is that Timbuktu today is considered to be an impoverished place. I wonder if this is based on the definition of poverty in the English language. The English ...

"Timbuktu" director Abderrahmane Sissako is set to make a comeback with "The Perfumed Hill," an Afro-Chinese romance drama which Gaumont is representing in international markets.