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 ...