TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — The 28,000 manuscripts returned safely to Timbuktu in August after a request from local leaders and civil society. TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Thirteen years ago, Abdoulaye Cissé ...
Thirteen years ago, Abdoulaye Cisse risked his life to smuggle tens of thousands of fragile manuscripts out of Timbuktu as al-Qaeda-linked extremists swept into the desert town. At night, he loaded ...
TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Thirteen years ago, Abdoulaye Cissé risked his life to smuggle tens of thousands of fragile manuscripts out of Timbuktu as al-Qaida -linked extremists swept into the desert town.