Kept within the centers of learning in Timbuktu, their existence was threatened by Islamic insurgents that spread through ...

Residents of the West African city of Timbuktu smuggled out tens of thousands of priceless manuscripts over a decade ago as ...

“The families that hold the manuscripts are in a difficult situation and receive no support. So, when these families have ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The Malian military government on Monday started returning home the historic manuscripts of Timbuktu, which were spirited out of their fabled northern city when it was occupied by ...

Thirteen years ago, when al-Qaida-connected fighters swept into the city, staff and local families smuggled tens of thousands ...

AGADEZ, Niger (AP) – Booms from rocket launchers and automatic gunfire crackled Sunday around Mali’s fabled town of Timbuktu, known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning, for its 700-year-old mud ...

The preservationists of Timbuktu’s centuries-old artifacts have been holding their breath for weeks, waiting for the moment when the French military would seize back Mali’s ancient northern capital ...

REUTERS - Al Qaeda-linked Islamists have begun destroying Timbuktu's ancient religious and historical sites, arguing they are un-Islamic. Here is a look at Timbuktu and a brief guide to what remains ...

Late in the afternoon of April 20, 1828, "just as the sun was touching the horizon," as he later described it, a young Frenchman, barely 29, walked into Timbuktu disguised as an Arab, wearing long ...

TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — In an open field at the edge of the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali, young models walk the runway clad in colorful traditional attires during a “caravan for peace” fashion event ...

(Reuters) - When turban-swathed Tuareg rebels swept into Timbuktu on Sunday to plant the flag of their northern Mali homeland, they found very few tourists in the bars, hotels, museums, mosques and ...

In an open field at the edge of the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali, young models walk the runway clad in colorful traditional attires during a “caravan for peace” fashion event that organizers hope ...