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600 people witnessed the execution of a man in Timbuktu.
BAMAKO (MALI): Radical Islamists in northern Mali executed a man on Tuesday evening who had been accused of killing someone, a punishment that was...
Timbuktu Drinker Gets 40 Lashes
Bamako ? A Timbuktu man accused of drinking alcohol was given 40 lashes on Monday by members of an Islamist group that has seized...
Timbuktu: A City Losing its Soul
In late June of this year, members of the Islamist organization, Ansar Dine, desecrated and destroyed the 16th century tomb of the Sufi Muslim...
German Minister of State Pieper on the situation in Mali and the destruction of holy sites in Timbuktu
German Minister of State Pieper on the situation in Mali and the destruction of holy sites in TimbuktuBERLIN, Germany, July 3, 2012/African Press Organization...
Mali’s Timbuktu and Tomb of Askia sites added to List of World Heritage in Danger
Tomb of Askia, Mali. Photo: Nomination File
The World Heritage Committee today accepted a request from the Government of Mali to place Timbuktu and...
