So it seemed possible that he knew something about the kidnappings that had all but dried up the tourist business ... to avoid Timbuktu as well as the rest of northern Mali. The threats originate ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced the former head of the Islamic police in Mali's historic city of ...

Two people have been killed and five others injured after shells were fired on the historic northern Malian city of Timbuktu ... insurgency was the main reason Mali's military seized power ...

The 48-year-old was a member of Ansar Dine, an Islamic extremist group linked to al-Qaida that held power in northern Mali at the time, and served as the ancient city’s police chief. A French ...