The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced the former head of the Islamic police in Mali's historic city of Timbuktu to 10 years in prison for war crimes. Prosecutors said al-Hassan ag ...

In the ancient caravan city of Timbuktu, many nights before I encountered the bibliophile or the marabout, or comforted the Green Beret's girlfriend, I was summoned to a rooftop to meet the salt ...

Tourist hotspots come and go but until recently, Timbuktu had been holding its own as the world’s leading destination for metaphoric travel. But I fear that globalisation is causing a steep ...

Oscar nominee Abderrahmane Sissako ("Timbuktu") returns to the screen for the first time in nearly a decade with his latest feature, "Black Tea," a lushly lensed romantic drama about a love ...

And then there’s “Timbuktu, USA.” Written by Ken Prestininzi and getting a regional premiere from local company Intramural Theater (through Monday), the play centers on Kelly Kilkenny ...

In Ken Prestininzi’s “Timbuktu, USA,” Secretary of State Kelly Kilkenny has spent much of her career in the upper echelons of power, though to some she’s known as the Great Virgin Who Refused.

The Malian army announced on Tuesday it had neutralized several terrorists and destroyed some of their logistical equipment in the Timbuktu region on Monday ...

Alice Morrison, Arabist and explorer, journeys beneath the veil along Africa's infamous salt roads from Morocco via the Sahara Desert to the legendary city of Gold, Timbuktu.

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