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Collection of timbuktu news, found 12 news.

UN peacekeepers must protect cultural sites: UNESCO Chief

UN culture chief Irina Bokova urged the Security Council to task peacekeepers with protecting cultural sites and to ...

Ban slams killing of UN peacekeeper in Mali

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday strongly condemned the killing of a UN peacekeeper in Mali, saying this ...

Red Cross appeals for $43mn for war-hit Mali

The Red Cross has appealed for an additional $43 million to help hundreds of thousands of people in war-torn Mali, and ...

France withdraws first batch of soldiers from Mali

France has withdrawn its first batch of soldiers from Mali, the army said Tuesday, as it begins to pull out troops ...

11,200 peacekeepers needed for Mali

Up to 11,200 troops could be needed for a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali but a "parallel" military force will have to ...

Islamists destroy saint`s Mali tomb: officials

Islamists have destroyed the tomb of a Muslim saint in a northern Mali region under their control, two months after ...

Islamist extremists cut off thief`s hand in northern Mali

Jihadists occupying northern Mali on Thursday said they had cut off the hand of a thief in accordance with strict ...

Mali Islamist leader rejects independence

The leader of the Anshar Dine Islamic group in northern Mali has rejected any form of independence of the northern ...

New armed Arab group takes control of Timbuktu

A newly formed group of armed Arab fighters tightened its grip on the northern Malian desert city of Timbuktu on ...

Tuareg rebels seize Timbuktu, say Malian `occupation` over

The Tuareg rebel movement Sunday said it had wrested control of the legendary desert town of Timbuktu, the last ...

Mali hit by looting after coup, president "safe"

Soldiers looted petrol stations and hijacked cars in Mali`s capital Bamako on Friday, 48 hours after a military coup, ...

Three more Europeans abducted, one killed in Mali: sources

An armed gang of kidnappers abducted three Europeans and killed a fourth in the Timbuktu region of northern Mali, ...