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FRANCE 24 journalist wins UN Correspondents award for 'Timbuktu Revisited'... READ MORE

16th December, 2017 66

WHY THE MASSACRE IN SINAI WAS TOO EXTREME FOR AL QAEDA


Ansar al-Islam is well-organized and regarded as more aligned with al Qaeda than ISIS... READ MORE

28th November, 2017 1046

TO THE WORLD THEY ARE MUSLIMS TO ISIS SUFIS ARE HERETICS


Since at least 2016, Islamic State militants have targeted Sufis, who practice a mystical form of Islam that includes the veneration of saints, often at their tombs... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 3934

ANALYSIS | WHY MUSLIM EXTREMISTS ATTACKED THIS MOSQUE IN EGYPT


In an interview with an Islamic State magazine in January, one of the organization's top commanders in Sinai outlined his hatred for Sufism... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 2148

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HOSTAGES SEIZED IN ATTACK ON RADISSON HOTEL IN MALI


In August United Nations workers were killed in an assault on a hotel in central Mali... READ MORE

20th November, 2015 8572

STEPHEN MCGOWN OPENS UP ABOUT SIX YEARS AS AL-QAEDA HOSTAGE AND HOW HE CONVERTED TO ISLAM


Stephen McGown opens up about six years as al-Qaeda hostage and how he converted to Islam... READ MORE

10th August, 2017 5157

'JIHADISTS WERE GOING TO BURN IT ALL'


Haidara stayed in jihadist-occupied Timbuktu for a month, covertly organising the hiding of his manuscripts in family houses... READ MORE

1st May, 2017 2224

PARIS ATTACKS: HOW FAR DOES OUR GLOBAL SOLIDARITY EXTEND?


On Friday night Paris was rocked by multiple terror attacks which left 129 people dead and more than 300 injured... READ MORE

17th November, 2015 1745

UN TO DEPLOY PEACEKEEPERS TO PROTECT WORLD HERITAGE SITES


UN peacekeepers will protect world heritage sites from attacks by Islamist militants Unesco has said... READ MORE

17th October, 2015 1497

EXTREMIST SENTENCED OVER DESTROYED SHRINES IN TIMBUKTU


Judge Pangalangan noted five mitigating factors Mr. Mahdi had admitted his guilt, cooperated with prosecutors, shown remorse and initially advised against the demolition... READ MORE

27th September, 2016 1290

TUAREG FACTIONS TO BOYCOTT MALI PEACE CONFERENCE


Despite continued French troop deployments, a UN peacekeeping mission and years of peace talks, Mali remains beset by unrest and ethnic strife... READ MORE

25th March, 2017 752

DEADLY ATTACK TARGETS UN MISSION IN TIMBUKTU, MALI


Gunmen have attacked a United Nations peacekeeping base in the city of Timbuktu in northern Mali, killing seven people... READ MORE

15th August, 2017 716

LEADING ROLE FOR FRANCE AS AFRICA BATTLES BACK


NDJAMENA, Chad -- Deep in the Sahara, late at night, a Reaper drone silently tracked a six-vehicle convoy crossing the desert into Niger from Libya... READ MORE

16th March, 2015 493

'NO ELECTIONS HERE'


One candidate is kidnapped and ballot boxes torched in elections two years overdue and denounced by the opposition... READ MORE

20th November, 2016 470

YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T EVEN NOTICED GOOGLE'S SKETCHY QUEST TO CONTROL THE WORLD'S KNOWLEDGE


Google In its defense, Google has made some changes to certain types of knowledge panels that suggest it's aware of the whole sourcing thing... READ MORE

12th May, 2016 448

SOMALIA, LIBYA ... AND CHAD? THE SURPRISING COUNTRY ON TRUMPS TRAVEL BAN LIST


Boko Haram has spilled into Chad but is a fundamentally a Nigerian-based group... READ MORE

26th September, 2017 401

SOLDIERS KILLED IN MALI ATTACK AS VIOLENCE SURGES


Eleven soldiers have been killed and five wounded in an attack on a military base in Mali as rival armed groups surrounded the city of Timbuktu... READ MORE

6th March, 2017 356

SOUTH AFRICAN HELD HOSTAGE BY AL-QAIDA IN MALI TELLS OF HIS ORDEAL


Stephen McGown, who was longest held of the Timbuktu Three, reveals he converted to Islam during his six years in captivity... READ MORE

10th August, 2017 354

TIMBUKTU'S HISTORIC TOMBS RESTORED IN SHOW OF CONFIDENCE FOR WAR-RAVAGED MALI


Local and international project in city of 33 saints reconstructs 14 Sufi mausoleums smashed up by al-Qaida backed extremists... READ MORE

19th July, 2015 321

WHAT WE KNOW AND DONT KNOW ABOUT THE ATTACK


Those attacks have been attributed to the Islamic State, a rival terrorist organization to Al Qaeda... READ MORE

20th November, 2015 287

HOSTAGE HELD BY AL QAEDA IN MALI FOR 5 YEARS IS FREED


Ms. Nkoana-Mashabane, the foreign minister, declined on Thursday to discuss the condition of Mr. McGown, now back in South Africa... READ MORE

3rd August, 2017 284

NEWS ANALYSIS GROUPS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY IN MALI ATTACK HAVE HISTORY OF RESILIENCE


He became a leading figure in Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, when it was formed out of the Algerian group... READ MORE

20th November, 2015 83

UNESCO APPROVES 'CULTURAL BLUE HELMETS' TO PROTECT HERITAGE SITES FROM ISLAMIST MILITANTS


Islamist militants are also accused of being behind attacks on ten religious and historic monuments in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Timbuktu in Mali... READ MORE

18th October, 2015 67

ICC HEARING TO DECIDE ON 'DESTROYER' OF TIMBUKTU SITES


If enough evidence is established, Mahdi will stand trial for his alleged involvement in the attack on the centuries-old world heritage site of Timbuktu... READ MORE

1st March, 2016 59

AL-QAEDA HOSTAGES MCGOWN AND GUSTAFSSON TALK OF TIME IN SAHARA


Stephen McGown watched the swallows migrate back and forth across the Sahara six times before he was finally rescued from the grip of Islamist extremists... READ MORE

10th August, 2017 51

AL-QAIDA FREES SOUTH AFRICAN MAN HELD IN MALI FOR SIX YEARS


Stephen McGown was kidnapped from a Timbuktu hostel in 2011 but South African government says he is back home... READ MORE

3rd August, 2017 47

'I AM SORRY': ISLAMIST APOLOGISES FOR DESTROYING TIMBUKTU MAUSOLEUMS


Mahdi, 40, a former civil servant from the Timbuktu area, directed the destruction of shrines to some of the 333 saints that the city is known for... READ MORE

22nd August, 2016 37

JIHADIST PLEADS GUILTY TO DESTROYING HOLY SITES IN MALI


Critics in Mali have described Mr. Mahdi as no more than a midlevel operative and have said that others in Timbuktu had greater power and responsibility... READ MORE

22nd August, 2016 35

FRANCE SAVED MALI FROM AL-QAEDA BUT IT NEVER BROKE TERROR THREAT


But this created the vital opening for AQIM, which proceeded to thrust aside the Tuaregs and turn itself into the new master of northern Mali... READ MORE

21st November, 2015 9

11 MALIAN SOLDIERS KILLED WHEN ISLAMISTS RAID THEIR TIMBUKTU BASE


BAMAKO - Suspected Islamist militants killed 11 soldiers in an attack on a Malian army base near the desert city of Timbuktu on Monday, the government said... READ MORE

3rd August, 2015 8

SOUTH AFRICAN HOSTAGE RELEASED AFTER 6 YEARS IN AL-QAEDA CAPTIVITY


A photo of Stephen McGown's mother, Beverley McGown, is shown in the program for her funeral after she died in May... READ MORE

3rd August, 2017 5

WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO KNOW IN TRAVEL THIS WEEK


The Train Suite Shiki-Shima will launch on 1 May and travel from Tokyo through the north-eastern region of Tohoku and onto Hokkaido with space for 34 passengers... READ MORE

31st May, 2016 4

AL-QAEDA GROUP RELEASES VIDEO OF HOSTAGE SWISS NUN, BEATRICE STOCKLY


Mali's expansive north has been unstable since 2012, when separatist rebels and jihadists seized the area... READ MORE

27th January, 2016 2

UNESCO RAISES ALARM OVER MALIAN EARTHEN TOWN, UZBEK MONUMENTS


UNESCO said that the 40th meeting of its World Heritage Committee in Istanbul decided to place the site on its list of world heritage in danger... READ MORE

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