Tag: Timbuktu
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๐ณ๐ฌ๐บ๐ธ Strategic Shift and Kinetic Action: The U.S. Approach Against the Islamic State in Nigeria
Nigeriaโs domestic insecurity has increasingly been instrumentalized within U.S. foreign policy discourse. In November last year, President Donald Trump threatened direct kinetic intervention to counter a so-called โChristian genocideโ in Nigeria. Despite these claims, insecurity is driven by overlapping and long-standing land disputes, herder-farmer tensions, communal violence, and organized crime, with the vast majority of…
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๐ Timbuktuโs ancient manuscripts return after years away
In a room at the Ahmed Baba Institute in Timbuktu, staff photograph and scan fragile manuscripts, page by page.These texts, some dating back hundreds of years, contain knowledge that scholars say exists nowhere else. Thirteen years ago, when al-Qaida-connected fighters swept into the city, staff and local families smuggled tens of thousands of manuscripts south…
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๐ฒ๐ฑ Malian PM Vows to Eradicate Terror, Pays Tribute to Slain Pro-Army Blogger
BAMAKO, Mali โ In a powerful and emotionally charged address, Maliโs Prime Minister, Abdoulaye Maรฏga, used a major national stage to pay solemn tribute to Mariam Cissรฉ, a blogger recently executed by terrorist groups in the Timbuktu region, vowing that his government would not rest until the threat of extremism is “eradicated.” The prime ministerโs…
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ICC convicts Mali Islamist for Timbuktu atrocities
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted a Malian Islamist on Wednesday of war crimes and crimes against humanity for being a central figure in the Islamic police of Timbuktu during a 2012 rebel takeover. In a summary of their verdict, the judges said Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz played an important role in…
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