Gao, the largest city in northern Mali, some 320 km (200 miles) east of Timbuktu, is also being blockaded by JNIM. The militant group tightened its control over the past week, with a local ...

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

Clad in all-white traditional West African robes with his head wrapped in a turban, Al Hassan showed no emotion after the ...

The International Criminal Court will Wednesday sentence a jihadist police chief for war crimes and crimes against humanity ...

A former police chief in the Malian city of Timbuktu was found guilty of crimes against humanity, including torture, outrages ...

Delving into Timbuktu's ancient manuscripts isn't just about unearthing forgotten wisdom; it's a time-traveling adventure ...

It took judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague just 26 minutes to hand down the sentence to al-Hassan Ag ...

In the shadow of Timbuktu's ivory-coloured Monument To Peace, musicians from across Mali took the stage as the sun set on the sand-coloured houses of the historic city on the edge of the Sahara ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud attends his trial at ...

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 ...

But for much of the past decade the U.S. State Department and the foreign services of other Western governments have advised their citizens to avoid Timbuktu as well as the rest of northern Mali.

“This regime and these acts had a traumatic impact on the population of Timbuktu,” presiding judge ... to al-Qaida that held power in northern Mali at the time, and served as the ancient ...