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.

For centuries, the word "Timbuktu" has been a metaphor for the end of the earth. But, now, this desolate patch of mud mosques and mud-brick houses at the southern fringe of the Sahara has assumed ...

A stampede at a historic mosque in Mali has killed at least 26 people and left more than 40 injured. Officials and witnesses said a large crowd was heading to pray at the main Djingareyber mosque ...

Timbuktu's mayor said Islamists fleeing the town set fire to a library housing thousands of historic manuscripts. Officials say they do not yet know the extent of the damage. 1 This March 16, 2004 ...

Timbuktu's Treasures Are Being ... Quist-Arcton tells our Newscast Desk that witnesses say Ansar Dine militants have even smashed the sacred entrance to Timbuktu's 15th century Sidia Yahya mosque.

Timbuktu's Dingarey Bey mosque. 30 October 2008 • 12:01am . Dominic Bradbury sees one of the architectural treasures of Timbuktu being restored. Travelling to Timbuktu is quite an adventure.

Islamists destroy entrance to ancient Timbuktu mosque. AFP. Last Updated : 04 May 2018, 06:54 IST. Last Updated : 04 May 2018, 06:54 IST. Follow Us : ...

Islamist fighters in Timbuktu have destroyed two tombs at the northern Malian city's famous Djingareyber mosque, residents have said. Eyewitnesses said the militants shot in the air to warn people ...

About a dozen militants reportedly arrived in an armoured four-wheel drive truck, armed with pickaxes and hoes at the 14th century Djingareyber mosque. They then started smashing the tombs ...