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In late April 2012, frightened inhabitants of Timbuktu reported a ghostly figure criss-crossing the town on a white horse. He was ‘dressed all in white, with a length of cotton bound round his face in ...

The best time to book flights to Mali To get the cheapest flights to Mali ... or admire the architecture of the Old Friday Mosque and the Islamic Centre. While some landmarks like Timbuktu's shrines ...

Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud was a member of the feared Ansar Dine Islamic militant group that seized control of Timbuktu for almost a year from early 2012. He was convicted by the ...

ICC sentences Timbuktu war criminal to 10 years ICC judges had convicted Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, 47, in June for crimes including torture when he was a member of the feared ...

He was a member of the feared Ansar Dine Islamic militant group that seized control of Timbuktu for almost a year from early 2012. During that time, women were arrested then raped in detention ...

Prost ruled that Al Hassan contributed to the Ansar Dine regime, whose actions had a "traumatic effect on the population of Timbuktu". The people "lived in an atmosphere of fear, violence ...

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 ...