Mali's "mysterious city" welcomes a new class of students trained in looking after ancient books. From conservation to digitization of these works, a colossal task awaits them to preserve this ...

The Treasures of Timbuktu Scholars in the fabled African city, once a great center of learning and trade, are racing to save a still emerging cache of ancient manuscripts ...

Documents the construction and re-building of the Djenne mosques, piecing together travelers' accounts, colonial reports, early photographs and engravings. The present Great Mosque of Djenne, ...

Twin attacks on Malian army bases in Timbuktu and central Mali have left at least 60 soldiers dead, with several missing or taken hostage, according to local officials. The army said it repelled a ...

Thousands of Malians joined the replastering of the world’s largest mud-brick building this weekend, a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne in central Mali.

DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Kola Bah used to earn a living as a tour guide in Mali’s historic city of Djenné, once a center of Islamic learning known for the sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been ...

DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Thousands of Malians carrying buckets and jugs of mud joined the annual replastering of the world’s largest mud-brick building this weekend, a key ritual that maintains th… ...

Thousands of Malians joined the replastering of the world’s largest mud-brick building this weekend, a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne in central Mali.