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

That year a Tuareg rebellion started in northern Mali and President Amadou Toumani Touré was ousted in a military coup.

Twin attacks on two Malian army base in the northern city of Timbuktu and in the centre of the country left dozens of soldiers dead, as well as at least a dozen assailants, security sources and ...

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 ...

Timbuktu and Gao flourished as commercial and ... His reign shifted perceptions and put Mali on the map literally, as seen in the Catalan Atlas of 1375, where he is depicted holding a golden ...

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Tourist hotspots come and go but until recently, Timbuktu had been holding its own as the world’s leading destination for metaphoric travel. But I fear that globalisation is causing a steep ...

The timbuktoo MineTech Hub is a first of its kind on the African ... market validation Pitch development workshops Start-ups will refine problem statements, map target markets, and align their ...

But its exact location was vague. Maps were of limited use, and the city, to Europeans at least, Timbuktu was considered ‘lost’. Any attempt to find it would be an immense challenge involving ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) together with the timbuktoo Africa Innovation Foundation inaugurated the Fintech timbuktoo Hub in Lagos early this week. This pioneering facility ...