Its three great mosques, Djingareyber, Sankore and Sidi Yahia, recall Timbuktu's golden age ... The project was funded by the Government of Mali and UNESCO with contributions from the European Union, ...

(CNN)-- Twenty-six people, at least half of them children, were killed in a stampede near a mosque in Timbuktu, Mali, according to a journalist who witnessed the incident. Moulaye Sayah ...

bringing their great minds to Mali's cities. He built many great libraries, mosques and palaces across the empire. There were more than 400 cities in the Niger Delta. Timbuktu became the heart of ...

Fourteen of these, as well as the sacred gate of the Sidi Yahia Mosque, would be demolished ... As of May 2012, the Government of Mali sought help from the international community through UNESCO.

As its wealth grew, the city erected grand mosques, attracting scholars who ... A month after I left Timbuktu, Mali officials, under pressure from the French government, freed four AQIM suspects ...

the Mali Empire conquered the cities of Timbuktu and Gao, both significant additions to Musa’s realm. In Timbuktu, al-Sahili is credited with the construction of the Djinguereber Mosque and the ...

Where did Mansa Musa wealth go? A mosque would be built in today's Mali on this territory after Musa completed his Hajj in today's Mali. Affluent king Timbuktu also promoted Timbuktu as an important ...

An army air strike at a market in Mali's northern Timbuktu region on Sunday killed at least 18 people and injured seven, a local rights group said, while the army said it was targeting terrorists.