Thousands of people gathered in Mali on Sunday for the funeral of musician Amadou Bagayoko, of the world-renowned duo Amadou ...

the centre of trade and culture. News of wealth and learning spread far and wide. Traders and scholars from Europe, the Middle East and Africa came to live in Mali. Musa turned Sankore mosque into ...

Once home to pre-colonial empires, Mali is a large, arid, landlocked country in western Africa. For centuries, its northern city of Timbuktu was a center for commerce, culture and learning. But after ...

Mali's culture minister, Mamou Daffé ... Youssou N'Dour said he considered Amadou & Mariam to be "the ambassadors of African music almost everywhere in the world". Speaking to France's TV5 ...

Timbuktu was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1988 for its Outstanding Universal Value as an African intellectual ... series of major actions to assist Mali. UNESCO started an awareness-raising ...