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 ...

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 ...

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

The manuscripts were smuggled out of Timbuktu under the cover of darkness, stuffed into boxes or sacks and stowed on donkey ...

Timbuktu, which has a population of about 50,000, is held by at least two rival groups who have been involved in a northern uprising against Mali’s government, headquartered in the southern ...

Reports from Timbuktu, Mali, on Wednesday indicate that most of the ancient manuscripts at a famed library may have been saved by residents before Islamist radicals had the chance to burn them.

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.

Watch a film clip from "Timbuktu," starring Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri and Toulou Kiki. Photo/Video: Cohen Media Of the many astonishing passages in “Timbuktu,” the most memorable, and ...

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

Timbuktu, which has a population of about 50,000, is held by at least two rival groups who have been involved in a northern uprising against Mali’s government, headquartered in the southern ...