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Members of the MINUSMA Formed Police Unit in Mali. Picture: United Nations Photo.

Timbuktu

Mali to send reinforcements to Timbuktu

By AFP

Another 350 police officers, paramilitary gendarmes and soldiers will be deployed, Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga told reporters in Bamako Saturday on...

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    Loud explosions again rock northern Mali's Timbuktu

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    1093 days ago
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    Machine gun attack on UN Mali base in Timbuktu kills seven

    Mali’s army spokesman Selon Diaran Kone said the incident was now over, as the assailants had been repelled and four of them killed.

    1344 days ago
  • FILE: Islamists rebels of Ansar Dine near Timbuktu. Picture: AFP.

    Malian Islamist jailed for Timbuktu destruction

    A former Islamist rebel has been sentenced to nine years in prison for wrecking holy shrines in 2012.

    1665 days ago
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    Oscar nominee 'Timbuktu' tackles everyday view of radical Islam

    The richly coloured film dramatises the 2012 takeover of the Malian city of Timbuktu.

    2256 days ago
  • File: Rebels near Timbuktu, Mali. Picture: AFP

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  • Malian soldiers take cover as they fight while clashes erupted in the city of Gao on February 21, 2013 and an apparent car bomb struck near a camp housing French troops. Picture: AFP/ FREDERIC LAFARGUE

    Mali troops hunt for rebels after clash

    Mali troops search for Islamist rebels responsible for Timbuktu clash.

    2941 days ago
  • President Francois Hollande has pledged France will finish the job of restoring government control in Mali. Picture: AFP

    Mali fight not over, says Hollande

    Francois Hollande has pledged France will finish the job of restoring government control in Mali.

    2998 days ago
  • Malian refugee boys hold buckets of water in the refugee camp of M'bere near Bassikno, south east of Mauritania. Picture: AFP

    Mali secures recaptured towns

    Donors pledge funds as Mali troops recapture abandoned arms and explosives of Islamist fighters.

    3002 days ago
  • A picture taken on April 24, 2012 shows Islamists rebels of Ansar Dine near Timbuktu, in rebel-held northern Mali. Picture: AFP

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    3004 days ago
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