Alyssa Banta An ancient manuscript from ... It is a bright morning, my second in Timbuktu, in the geographic center of Mali, and al-Wangari is taking me to see the project that has consumed ...

The reconstruction of the Timbuktu mausoleums was one of first cases where destruction ... UNESCO and France defined an action plan to rehabilitate the city’s damaged cultural heritage and ancient ...

The Dogon, subsistence farmers who hold ancient animist beliefs, are one of central Mali's ethnic groups ... a two-day drive across the desert from Timbuktu. McIntosh was there to look in on ...

Some 4,200 ancient manuscripts were burned or stolen ... As of May 2012, the Government of Mali sought help from the international community through UNESCO. Timbuktu and the Tomb of Askia were placed ...

Moulaye Sayah, who works for National Radio and Television of Mali and Mali's News Agency ... is one of the most recognizable and ancient buildings in Timbuktu. The prime minister's office ...

Battuta travelled throughout the known Islamic world. In the 1350s, he travelled through Mali to Timbuktu where he heard stories of Mansa Musa, which he wrote down. Similarly, another scholar ...

Once home to pre-colonial empires, Mali is a large, arid, landlocked country in western Africa. For centuries, its northern city of Timbuktu was a center for commerce, culture and learning. But after ...