Displacement of Malians and other West Africans away from northbound trans-Sahelian routes explains part of this increase.

In the shadow of Timbuktu's ivory-coloured Monument To Peace, musicians from across Mali took the stage as the sun set on the sand-coloured houses of the historic city on the edge of the Sahara ...

Map showing the areas of influence of different JNIM katibat in western Mali. These represent areas where the respective ... operational than JNIM’s other combat cells. Originally from Timbuktu, it is ...

Mali's army battles on multiple fronts after U.N. quits Islamists target Timbuktu, Tuareg rebels back on offensive 'There is a risk of civil war,' says expert West Africa's Sahel already reeling ...

Those that can afford to leave Timbuktu leave Timbuktu,” Mohammed Askia Toure, the UN refugee agency representative to Mali, told Al Jazeera. “Our office in Mauritania are noticing the arrival ...

Militants attacked a passenger boat heading into Timbuktu last week, killing at least 49 people by official government counts, with residents claiming a higher death toll. Sky Mali, the only ...

Flights from the Malian capital, Bamako, to the northern cities of Timbuktu and Gao have been cancelled due to insecurity. Several shells landed near Timbuktu airport on Monday. A United Nations ...

BAMAKO - Sky Mali, the only commercial airline flying to Timbuktu in Mali's interior, has cancelled flights there due to insecurity, it said on Monday, deepening the isolation of the northern city ...

This undated photograph released by the Compagnie Malienne de Navigation (COMANAV) shows their boat called Tombouctou at dock on the Niger River in Mali ... east of Timbuktu Thursday, Sept.

The map’s legends describe local Tuareg traders ... Libya after the fall of Muammar Qaddafi—overran northern Mali. Overnight, Timbuktu was plunged into a nightmare, and residents feared ...