PHOTO ESSAYS: Militia Destroys Timbuktu World Heritage Sites
Members of Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa approach Timbuktu.
Mali's Timbuktu Destruction Revealed in Pictures
RFI's Moussa Kaka is among the first journalists with an international media organization to report from Timbuktu since it fell to Islamist fighters. Islamist fighters with Ansar Dine have begun destroying Timbuktu's World Heritage which includes ancient mosques, mausoleums and cemeteries.
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The Malian city of Timbuktu is not only home to historic mosques and sacred tombs, but also an enormous collection of old manuscripts which are now under threat from a wave of ... Read more »
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There are fears that the population may react violently after fighters from a religious sect desecrated the tomb of a saint in the northern city of Timbuktu. Read more »
