The play is 'an unhinged maelstrom of vulgarity, violence and self-serving ineptitude,' says theater critic Brad Rhines.

For four hundred years Timbuktu was an academic centre of the world. The great manuscript archives from this period that solved matters such as determining the direction of Mecca and time keeping ...

Back in 2012, when it was reported that the region was overrun by the jihadist group Ansar al-Din and a Tuareg rebel group, ...

With streets apparently paved with gold, fabulous riches and dazzling wealth, in a golden age of exploration there were few cities on earth to match the intriguing lure of Timbuktu. Distant and ...

In the ancient caravan city of Timbuktu, many nights before I encountered the bibliophile or the marabout, or comforted the Green Beret's girlfriend, I was summoned to a rooftop to meet the salt ...

Thursday's attack on Timbuktu, a seat of Islamic learning home to tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts, caused panic among residents, local media report. The city's inhabitants have endured ...

He is also alleged to have helped destroy ancient mausoleums in Timbuktu. The arrest warrant for Mr Al Hassan listed crimes against humanity including "torture, rape and sexual slavery ...

He was acquitted on charges of rape and sexual slavery, as well as destroying Timbuktu's ancient mausoleums. Hassan was handed over to the ICC in 2018 by the Malian authorities - five years after ...