He was a member of the feared Ansar Dine Islamic militant group that seized control of Timbuktu for almost a year from early 2012. The judge said there were also brutal floggings in the central ...

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 ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced the former head of the Islamic police in Mali's historic city of Timbuktu to 10 years in prison for war crimes. Prosecutors said al-Hassan ag ...

THE HAGUE - A Malian Islamist who helped run the police force imposing sharia law on Timbuktu after the city was captured by militants in 2012 was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced the former head of the Islamic police in Mali's historic city of Timbuktu to 10 years in prison for war crimes. Prosecutors said al-Hassan ag ...

ICC Sentences Malian Islamist to 10 Years Over Timbuktu Repression THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A Malian Islamist who helped run the police force imposing sharia law on Timbuktu after the city was ...

The International Criminal Court will Wednesday sentence a jihadist police chief for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during a reign of terror in the ...