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Timbuktu (Mali)

Type: City

Name: Timbuktu (Mali)

Country: Mali

Latitude: 16.780001

Longitude: -3.01

population: 32,463

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

School of Oriental and African Studies

Conference looks at Mali in transition

SOAS' Centre of African Studies, in partnership with ASAUK, Goldsmith's College and the MBI Al Jaber Foundation, is holding the conference 'Mali in Transition' at SOAS on 29 and 30 May.The conference examines the political and humanitarian crisis in Mali ... [Published Noodls - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Mali, School of Oriental and African Studies, Cultural Diversity, Tuareg, Timbuktu (Mali)

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

The 10 Hottest Places In The World

How?s the weather in your neck of the woods? Here in Colorado we?ve already had a few days over 80 degrees (and to think that May Day was a snowstorm!)For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the summer months are synonymous with hot weather, but how ... [Published Care2 - May 22 2013]

Entities: Timbuktu (Mali), Ahvaz, Mali, Libya

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Thabo Mbeki

Conflict in Mali imperils Timbuktu’s literary gems

TIMBUKTU: There is a proverb in Timbuktu, the legendary medieval city in Mali?s desert, that says: “The ink of a scholar is more precious than the blood of a martyr.”What Ahmed Baba, the 16th-century intellectual who said it, would make of recent developments ... [Published DAWN Group - May 22 2013]

Entities: Timbuktu (Mali), Mali, Islam, Abdoulaye Cissé, Thabo Mbeki

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Kingdom Holding Co

Prince Alwaleed receives Malian Ambassador

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, receives Malian Ambassador Mohamed Mahmoud Ben Labat at his office in Riyadh. They discussed social and economic issues as well as investment opportunities in Mali. The ambassador thanked ... [Published Saudi Gazette - May 21 2013]

Entities: Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, Mali, Kingdom Holding Co

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Qaeda spokesman surrenders in Mauritania

NOUAKCHOTT: The man who acted as the spokesman for one of the three Al Qaeda-linked groups occupying northern Mali turned himself in over the weekend to Mauritanian authorities on the border, an intelligence official briefed on the matter confirmed on ... [Published The Gulf Today - May 21 2013]

Entities: Ansar Dine, Mauritania, Mali

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Paul Stoller: The Social Life of Music -- in Mali

The recent silencing of music in Mali, once a wondrous place of musical vibrancy and creativity, carries social and political implications far beyond the borders of that remote country in West Africa. It appears the music scene in Northern Mali, the birthplace ... [Published Huffington Post - May 21 2013]

Entities: Mali, Sufism, Timbuktu (Mali)

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Mali: Timbuktu's literary gems face Islamists and decay in fight for survival

Ancient manuscripts on science and history are symbols of Africa's cultural heritage, say guardians of priceless library There is a proverb in Timbuktu, the legendary medieval city in Mali's desert, that says: "The ink of a scholar is more precious than ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 20 2013]

Entities: Abdoulaye Cissé, Timbuktu (Mali), Mali

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Spokesman for Ansar Dine arrested in Mauritania

PrintEmail Comments (0)NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — The man who acted as the spokesman for one of the three al-Qaida-linked groups occupying northern Mali turned himself in over the weekend to Mauritanian authorities on the border, an intelligence official ... [Published Boston Herald - May 20 2013]

Entities: Ansar Dine, Mauritania, Nouakchott, Timbuktu (Mali), Mali

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

African Libraries Under Threat

The Latin poet Horace famously brags that his book of Odes is "a monument more lasting than bronze". It is certainly pleasant to believe that an author's ideas can live on in print after his death, according him a certain measure of immortality: the sight, ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Timbuktu (Mali), Mali, Threat, Sahel

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

A devastated Timbuktu faces threats as it strains to rebuild

Jihadists ravaged the ancient Malian city as they tried to establish their own emirate. Militant rule has ended, but the city is struggling to establish peace and get back on its feet.The Washington PostPREV of NEXTSudarsan Raghavan / The Washington ... [Published Seattle Times - May 18 2013]

Entities: Timbuktu (Mali), jihadist, Mali, Tuareg, Suicide Bomb

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Ex-Red Cross worker held over "pact" with Islamists

over "pact" with IslamistsA former Red Cross worker in Timbuktu has been arrested over an alleged "pact" with Islamists who occupied the desert city in northern Mali for months last year, according to several sources.The unnamed official, a Malian local ... [Published NOW News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Timbuktu (Mali), Bamako, Workers, Mali

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Timbuktu calligrapher keeps ancient learning alive

In Mali, copying Arabic manuscripts was once a prestigious occupation. Today, with texts threatened by Islamists, it is a spiritual enterprise that speaks to one man’s heart Home-made twig pens stand like off-duty soldiers in a jar on Boubacar Sadeck?s ... [Published Gulf News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Timbuktu (Mali), Arabic, Bamako

Quotes

Professor Trevor Marchand commented: "The current situation in Mali calls for inclusive academic discussion and debate on the impact that internal conflict and external intervention are having on the civilian population, the nation's diverse cultural heritage, and its future."

Conference looks at Mali in transition [Published Noodls - 6 hours ago]

..."Mae'n rhyfeddol ac yn edrych yn wych yn yr haul," meddai. "Mae gennym hefyd raglen gyffrous o gerddoriaeth o Mali gan gynnwys Rokia Traore, Terakaft ac Amadou a Mariam er mwyn dathlu'r ffaith bod y Gelli wedi ei gefeillio â Timbuktu."

Cefnogaeth i Ŵyl y Gelli [Published BBC - 6 hours ago]

"In the long run, we need to intercept mosquitoes," he said. Untreated nets still offer some protection, he added, so "if the nets are intact they still have substantial public health value"

In search of net gains [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 22 2013]

Morality patrols enforced proper dress codes and monitored what people ate. Spies reported "seditious" or "sacrilegious comments. The militants also banned music."

Paul Stoller: The Social Life of Music -- in Mali [Published Huffington Post - May 21 2013]

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Conflict in Mali imperils Timbuktu’s literary gems [Published DAWN Group - May 22 2013]
In search of net gains [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 22 2013]
Prince Alwaleed receives Malian Ambassador [Published Saudi Gazette - May 21 2013]
Paul Stoller: The Social Life of Music -- in Mali [Published Huffington Post - May 21 2013]
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Qaeda spokesman surrenders in Mauritania [Published The Gulf Today - May 21 2013]
Talks to resume with Mali government [Published Channel Africa - May 20 2013]
French troops depart Mali, leaving joy, worries [Published USA Today - May 20 2013]
African Libraries Under Threat [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]
Mali government to resume talks with Tuaregs [Published Al Jazeera - May 20 2013]
Mali: Timbuktu's literary gems face Islamists a... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 20 2013]
Spokesman for Ansar Dine arrested in Mauritania [Published Boston Herald - May 20 2013]
Spokesman for Ansar Dine arrested in Mauritania [Published Huffington Post - May 20 2013]
Malian children face education crisis [Published Biz Community - May 20 2013]
Mali: Chronology of a Programmed Destabilizatio... [Published Mathaba.net - May 20 2013]
The constant traveler revisits Africa [Published Miami Herald - May 19 2013]
Tuareg militants, Arab-led groups clash in Mali [Published Oman Tribune - May 19 2013]
France favouring Tuaregs: Mali [Published Qatar Peninsula - May 19 2013]
Tuareg and Arab groups clash in northern Mali [Published World Bulletin - May 18 2013]
A devastated Timbuktu faces threats as it strai... [Published Seattle Times - May 18 2013]
Armed Tuareg and Arab groups clash in northern ... [Published Morning Call - May 18 2013]
Demographics don't spell an end to the culture ... [Published National Catholic Reporter - May 17 2013]
Africa Day 2013 [Published Western Cape Government - May 17 2013]

Blogs

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Press Review: Record levels of carbon dioxide &... [Published fairplanet - May 17 2013] As concentrations of carbon dioxide reach record levels , climate change experts warn that hundreds of millions of people will find themselves displaced in the next century due to desertification, floods, and rising seas. [The Guardian] The geopolitics ...
Jihadists launch 3 suicide attacks in Mali [Published The Long War Journal (Site-Wide) - May 10 2013] Jihadists in Mali launched three separate suicide attacks against Malian and Nigerien troops in two towns outside of Gao. Reuters has some details on the attacks: The attacks took place between 4 and 5 a.m. in Menaka and Gossi, near Gao - the first ...
The Islamists May Be Gone But Mali’s Legendary ... [Published The China Blog - May 08 2013] Before the coup d’état that overthrew an elected government, before the French-led war to oust Islamist rebels who had taken over much of the country, Mali was perhaps best known internationally for something else: its music. Mali’s was a culture recorded ...
The Islamists May Be Gone But Mali’s Legendary ... [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - May 08 2013] Before the coup d’état that overthrew an elected government, before the French-led war to oust Islamist rebels who had taken over much of the country, Mali was perhaps best known internationally for something else: its music. Mali’s was a culture recorded ...
France’s Latest Jihad Terror Suspect: A French ... [Published Atlas Shrugs - May 02 2013] France’s newest prisoner in the fight against terrorism does not fit the profile of the modern jihadi that French investigators have, in recent years, broadly focused on—that of a young, disaffected man.He doesn't fit the profile? What profile is that? ...

Audio/Video

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French-backed forces clash with rebels in Mali [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Apr 01 2013]
Historical documents saved during Mali's invasion [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Feb 07 2013]
Bitterness over Islamic rule lingers in Timbuktu [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Feb 04 2013]
Hollande says Mali war is not over [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Feb 03 2013]
Timbuktu celebrates end of Islamic militant rule [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Feb 03 2013]