With its historical relics, worn but sturdy wood reading table and hundreds of ancient books lining the walls, it’s easy to imagine friars hard at work in the Guardian Angels Friary Library.

Whether due to natural disasters or thanks to the destructive tendencies of mankind, these iconic cultural touchstones no ...

including The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts and The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird.

Although the US State Department currently cautions against travel to Mali due to the risk of crime, terrorism and kidnapping. Timbuktu was once a world centre of Islamic learning and is revered ...

A mural reading " remain vigilant and mobilised” is seen in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Wednesday March 1, 2023. (AP Photo, File) DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The junta-led West African countries of Niger, ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. ADDING DATES AND LOCATION This photo taken Jan. 21, 2025, shows Spanish hostage Navarro Giane Gilbert posing ...

The capital of Mali witnessed a powerful display of force as a massive military convoy, featuring armored vehicles, artillery, and engineering vehicles, symbolized the growing presence of the Africa ...

On Tuesday, the UN in collaboration with Mali’s transitional authorities, launched a $770 million humanitarian needs and response plan in the capital Bamako to support millions of people across the ...

A T-72 tank arriving in Mali's capital Bamako. Russia has delivered over 100 military vehicles to Mali, including tanks, trucks, and infantry fighting vehicles. It is suspected the shipment may have ...

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.