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National Geographic
June 12, 2016
French military officers sit with the mayor of Timbuktu, Dravi Mega, on January 28, 2013. Photograph by Noel Quidu, Paris Match/Getty Images. The final rescue of the manuscripts by river to the capital, Bamako, was an amazing cloak-and-dagger operation. Set the scene for us. There were three stages ofÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
March 9, 2015
Mali is a country renowned for its music, but in 2012, the music stopped. That year, separatist rebels and Islamic groups seized two-thirds of the country and banned any expression of art. While French and Malian forces drove the Islamists out, much of the north remains unsafe. Jeffrey Brown reports fromÃâà...
Brookings Institution (blog)
August 4, 2014
Timbuktu. To many, the name evokes a place of mythic remoteness. To others, it connotes an ancient crossroads of trade, exotic goods and culture. And still others know it as the sacred intellectual capital of the Muslim world, synonymous with universities, debate and religious tolerance. Tragically, TimbuktuÃâà...
CNN International
July 10, 2012
Members of two Islamist militant groups destroyed tombs at a shrine to Muslim saints Tuesday, according to the mayor of Timbuktu, Mali, and other residents. "The Islamists ordered the people to leave the area before they started smashing the tombs," Mayor Ousmane Halle said. "I saw both members ofÃâà...
BBC News
February 7, 2007
Mayor of Timbuktu, Said Mahmoud, welcomed the link with Hay. "I am delighted with the result," he said. "It will bring great benefit to our two communities." Timbuktu - also spelt as Tombouctou - is already twinned with a Chemnitz in Germany, Saintes in France, Marrakech in Morocco, Kairouan in Tunisia,Ãâà...
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