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.

Timbuktu, which has a population of about 50,000, is held by at least two rival groups who have been involved in a northern uprising against Mali’s government, headquartered in the southern ...

The duo started Postcards From Timbuktu in 2016 with a mission to help unemployed tour guides gain an income by sending cards from a city that’s become shorthand for a far-flung, if not ...

Days before French forces entered Timbuktu, the fleeing jihadists burned about 4,000 pages of manuscripts that they found in the restoration room.

TIMBUKTU, Mali – The first sign of change came as our convoy of food aid and medicine pulled up to the last northern town held by the Malian army. The atmosphere was tense as the heavily armed ...

Terrorist groups are becoming more daring with increased attacks on military camps across the west Africa region.

The mayor of Timbuktu, Halle Ousmane Cissé, has for the last ten months sought refuge in Mali’s capital city, Bamako, and even he only possesses second-hand information.

On the surface, Timbuktu, like the rest of northern Mali, is a city in recovery. Dig deeper, however, and the signs become ominous. When Jon Lee Anderson visited for the magazine, in mid-February ...

Watch a film clip from "Timbuktu," starring Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri and Toulou Kiki. Photo/Video: Cohen Media Of the many astonishing passages in “Timbuktu,” the most memorable, and ...

I have been writing about Mali, even before the military coup that took place last March, since my friend Yeah Samake, the mayor of Ouelessebougou, was running for president. Since I continued to ...