Mali Begins Rebuilding Timbuktu Tombs

Local masons in Timbuktu have begun rebuilding the World Heritage mausoleums destroyed by Islamist guerrillas when they occupied the northern part of the country in 2012.

Timbuktu has been a World Heritage Site since 1988 (file photo).

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