TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Thirteen years ago, Abdoulaye Cissé risked his life to smuggle tens of thousands of fragile manuscripts out of Timbuktu as al-Qaida-linked extremists swept into the desert town.
Timbuktu's famed manuscripts escaped al-Qaida but the threat remains Residents of the West African city of Timbuktu smuggled out tens of thousands of priceless manuscripts over a decade ago as ...
TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Thirteen years ago, Abdoulaye Cissé risked his life to smuggle tens of thousands of fragile manuscripts out of Timbuktu as al-Qaida-linked extremists swept into the desert town.