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The men, all of them Tuareg nomads from around Timbuktu, served six months in the Gao prison. Since then, Cissé reports, locals have created "brigades of surveillance" to help protect the sites.

It was Soni Ali Ber, first emperor of Gao [1464-1493] who freed Timbuktu from the yoke of the Tuaregs". The bravura of Gao's residents has set a trend for action in other parts of the north, notably ...

Bamako - Tuareg rebels said on Sunday that they had encircled the garrison at Timbuktu, the last major city that has not ... fighters seized control of Mali's key northern city of Gao. Discover the ...

The determination is the GAO’s first slap on the Trump administration’s wrist for its impoundment of congressionally approved funds. The decision supports Democrats’ view that the ...

Or suggest new legislation for Congress to consider. Here’s the exact language from the GAO ruling: DOT is not authorized to withhold these funds from expenditure and DOT must continue to carry ...

But the GAO said that the Transportation Department violated the law in two parts. First, the watchdog said that DOT violated the recording statute because of the department’s requirement to ...

The Pentagon’s plans to deploy a new missile-defense system to protect Guam are faltering because of organizational lapses, a congressional watchdog said. The Government Accountability Office ...

Songhoy hail from Timbuktu but were forced to relocate to Mali's capital Bamako during recent civil conflict. They formed the band in 2012, releasing to great acclaim Music In Exile (2015 ...

DOGE recently contacted the congressional watchdog with plans to “assign a team” to the office, according to the bulletin sent to all GAO staff on Friday. The move would be a significant ...

The spokesperson further confirmed that the agency had “declined any requests to have a DOGE team assigned to GAO.” The watchdog also sent an email to its staff Friday about the attempt and its ...