At a computer in Bamako, Mali, Manny Ansar couldn't help smiling. A reporter had asked by e-mail whether Ansar — the co-founder and director of Mali's Festival in the Desert — had seen "The ...

2003-01-11 04:00:00 PDT Essakane, Mali-- To get to this village on the edge of the Sahara Desert, visitors must drive for hours across sandy dunes and rocky terrain. From Mali's capital, Bamako ...

SEGOU, Mali (AP) — Long before ... The insecurity also has sidelined Mali’s famous Festival in the Desert, which drew visitors from around the world every year to hear some of the region’s ...

Ask most people for one fact about Mali, and chances are they'll say it's where Timbuktu is. That's the city where, every January, you find the Festival in the Desert, a major concert that has ...

SEGOU, Mali – Long before Mali captured the global spotlight as an al-Qaida training ground where French soldiers had to intervene, the West African nation was celebrated for producing some o… ...