In the ancient caravan city of Timbuktu ... governments have advised their citizens to avoid Timbuktu as well as the rest of northern Mali. The threats originate from a disparate collection ...

During Musa's time, West Africa was abundant with gold and salt as well as cultural centers such as Timbuktu, which he used as a means of sustaining others. His expansion of trade made Mali the ...

Mali’s ancient city of Timbuktu, 12 miles north of the River ... Under his rule, the kingdom of Mali stretched for about 2,000 miles from the Atlantic Ocean to modern-day Niger, and encompassed ...

The capital, Benin City, was burned to the ground, and the Kingdom of Benin became part ... expanding into the important trading cities of Timbuktu and Gao. Mali became famous for its trade ...

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 ...