The Timbuktu mosque has nine rows of square pillars, providing prayer space for 2,000 people. Cordova’s mosque is supported by similar rows of pillars supporting graceful Moorish arches.

The very name evokes mystery, riches, faraway places and unknown lands. Timbuktu – the forbidden city in the heart of Africa. It was founded in 1080. And within 300 years, it had become one of ...

The famous mosque at Sankore, part of Timbuktu's medieval university. The mosque's sanctuary was proportioned to match the Kaaba at Mecca, which had been measured with a rope during a pilgrimage.

BAMAKO, Mali — Witnesses say at least 15 people died in a stampede in a Timbuktu mosque during services celebrating the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.

French and Malian soldiers patrol next to the Djingareyber Mosque in Timbuktu in 2015. Several of the city's historic and cultural sites were demolished in 2012, during an occupation by Islamist ...

Timbuktu is a place only for the most adventured hard-core travelers. This is not a place for the common traveler as the temperature can get up to 125 degrees, with only 2 inches of rain recorded ...

Twenty-six people were crushed to death in a stampede near a mosque in Mali's desert city of Timbuktu, a government spokesman said Friday. Skip to main content. Exclusive news, ...

Islamist militants in Mali have attacked one of the most famous mosques in the historic city of Timbuktu, residents say. Armed men broke down the door of the 15th-Century Sidi Yahia mosque, a ...