Timbuktu, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Mali, has been burned earlier this month in an attack carried out probably by Islamist fighters said to be linked to al-Qaeda.
Timbuktu is home to 3 mosques and 16 cemeteries and mausoleum classified as UNESCO World Heritage Sites and it retains one of the world’s great collections of ancient manuscripts. Timbuktu and its three great mosques reflect the golden age of an intellectual and spiritual capital in the fifteenth century. These mosques have played a vital role in spreading Islam in Africa. They carry the identity and dignity of a whole people.
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The UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has expressed her deep concern about the possible consequences of the ongoing armed conflict on the invaluable cultural World Heritage property located in Timbuktu and Gao.
Learn more about this World Heritage site.
Read about the attack on Timbuktu's tombs.
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