BAMAKO (Reuters) - Sky Mali, the only commercial airline flying to Timbuktu in Mali's interior, has cancelled flights there due to insecurity, it said on Monday, deepening the isolation of the ...

A Malian soldier, holding an AK-47 rifle, rides in a pick-up truck during a military escort outside Timbuktu, Mali, July 27, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney BAMAKO (Reuters) - Two Malian soldiers were killed ...

In what's believed to be a first, the International Criminal Court in The Hague is contemplating a case that treats the destruction of cultural heritage as a war crime. The charges date to 2012, when ...

The country music star is also teaming up with Operation Stand Down Tennessee to raise awareness and funds towards mental health care for those who have served Sadie Bell was a digital news writer on ...

Our adventure in the great African desert was triggered by an invitation extended from the Wheeler Opera House stage in fall 2004. Habib Koite, a Malian performer, spoke of the Festival of the Desert.

Timbuktu conjures up images of long camel caravans out on the edge of the sand-strewn Sahara — a remoteness so legendary that the ancient city is still a byword for the end of the earth. The city ...

Bodies of Arabs found beneath sand near Timbuktu Military may have executed members of Arab minority Unarmed civilians are among the dead TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — The bodies are buried here, in the side ...