Timbuktu was inscribed on the World Heritage list in 1988 under criteria (ii), (iv ... Contribution towards the implementation of the 2011 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape The project is ...

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 ...

Tourist hotspots come and go but until recently, Timbuktu had been holding its own as the world’s leading destination for metaphoric travel. But I fear that globalisation is causing a steep ...

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 se ...

The only other man tried by the ICC over Mali's conflict admitted destroying cultural sites in Timbuktu at a landmark trial in 2016. Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi pleaded guilty to destroying nine ...