The Malian military government has returned home the first batch of the manuscripts of Timbuktu, dating back to the 13th ...

The Malian government is repatriating Timbuktu's historic manuscripts, removed during the 2012 militant occupation. Despite ...

The long-awaited return of Timbuktu’s ancient manuscripts began on Tuesday with the arrival of a first batch at the Ahmed ...

Brave and stubborn, the British explorer Alexander Gordon Laing had only two obsessions: to see his wife Emma again and to reach the Niger Basin before the French. He got married two days before his ...

Timbuktu, long a hub of Islamic learning, has been home to some 20,000 manuscripts, some dating back as far as the 12th century. It was not immediately known how many of the irreplaceable ...

Once, in a village near Timbuktu, Haidara acquired a 50-page fragment of a biography of Islamic saints that he found pleasing, then, on a hunch, traveled up and down the Niger looking for the rest.

The Timbuktu mosque has nine rows of square pillars, providing prayer space for 2,000 people. Cordova’s mosque is supported by similar rows of pillars supporting graceful Moorish arches.

In "Timbuktu," the jihadists are power-tripping, thuggish and hypocritical. They are in the city to create a totally new kind of society and revel in their own insensitivity to local concerns.

The mystery of Timbuktu was compelling, and my fear added an evocative excitement to the mix.There is only one flight a week from Paris to Mopti, in the Malian outback. The charter delivers a fresh ...

Timbuktu has a team that seems to be like a large family that is presenting an offering that is not just about now, but about the future of children's media. It offers up a method which includes ...

The Malian military government on Monday started returning home the ancient manuscripts of Timbuktu, which were spirited out ...