WASHINGTON — “Our ceilings are not very tight,” says Abdel Haidara of the houses in his native Mali. He was talking recently at the Library of Congress in one of the library’s more ceremonial rooms.

After a brutal ten-month occupation of Timbuktu, jihadists fled that city in Mali in February of this year—but not before burning all the ancient manuscripts they could find. The city’s Muslim ...

Approaching a fourth anniversary in Riverwest, Club Timbuktu has successfully established itself as a bar, dance club, restaurant, even a community center. But most importantly, Club Timbuktu is ...

TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — In an open field at the edge of the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali, young models walk the runway clad in colorful traditional attires during a “caravan for peace” fashion event ...

TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — The 28,000 manuscripts returned safely to Timbuktu in August after a request from local leaders and civil society. TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Thirteen years ago, Abdoulaye Cissé ...

Bruce S. Hall is an associate history professor at the University of California Berkeley whose lecture about capitalism in 19th-century Timbuktu is sponsored by the prestigious Fusco Distinguished ...

TIMBUKTU, Mali (Reuters) - Patrolling Timbuktu's maze of mud-brick houses, the French troops quickly lost their way, their jeeps stuck, wheels spinning, in the sand of the ancient Saharan trading town ...