Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali. That's according to civil society and ...

The Malian army said it had foiled an attack on a military camp in Timbuktu on Monday morning. Local officials and ...

Twin attacks on a Malian army base in the northern city of Timbuktu and in the centre of the country left dozens of soldiers ...

An al-Qaeda linked group says it carried out a major attack on the Malian town of Boulikessi and the seizure of an army base ...

Timbuktu can take relatively complex and slightly amorphous travel plans and transform them into a well-organized, perfectly ...

Now, Muslim extremists in Mali are pillaging tombs and other sites sacred to Sufis in Timbuktu the "city of 33 saints" and a city so important to trade in past centuries that it inspired the ...

Militants seize base in Boulkessi near Burkina Faso border Mali military says some soldiers fought until 'last breath' Timbuktu airport targeted in separate attack on Monday Hundreds of soldiers ...

For centuries, Timbuktu has existed in the Western imagination as a byword for the most exotic, far-flung place conceivable. Situated on the southern edge of the Sahara, it acquired a near ...

Reports from Timbuktu, Mali, on Wednesday indicate that most of the ancient manuscripts at a famed library may have been saved by residents before Islamist radicals had the chance to burn them.

Alyssa Banta (www.alyssabanta.com) Preservationists are raising funds to translate collections (one of the largest private holdings in Timbuktu) into English and French. "The manuscripts show that ...

A Malian army base came under attack on Monday and shells were fired at the airport in the northern city of Timbuktu where ...

Attackers targeted a Malian army base on Monday and fired shells at the airport in the northern city of Timbuktu where heavy ...