More recently, the phrase, “From Kalamazoo to Timbuktu” (or from Timbuktu to Kalamazoo) has been used to indicate a very long ...

"I heard the people of Timbuktu were not satisfied with the marabouts here," he said. I asked who his best customers were. "Women," he answered, grinning, "who want children." He produced a small ...

"We need to change people's minds about Islam," he says. "We need to show them the truth." The last time I'd visited Timbuktu, in 1995, there were only three ways to get there: a three-day journey ...

almost 500,000 people were forced to flee from their homes, causing a massive humanitarian crisis. Photo by Emilio Williams. For Murphy, such glaring disparities are commonplace. But that detour into ...

The reconstruction of the Timbuktu mausoleums was one of first cases where destruction of heritage was prosecuted as crime of war, recognising cultural heritage protection as an integral part of ...

as reparation for the damage inflicted on the people of Mali and the international community by the destruction of cultural property in Timbuktu in 2012. The token sum represented a significant ...

They tell the imam that they have come to wage jihad. The imam replies that in Timbuktu, people wage jihad (which has the double meaning of spiritual reflection and self-purification, in addition ...

According to NAF, the strikes targeted a terrorist enclave north of Chiralia, a known hideout within the notorious Timbuktu Triangle. In a statement, Group Captain Kabiru Ali, Deputy Director ...