Focus On: Plan to Save Mali Cultural Treasures
, Wed 20 Feb, 05:11 am
At a meeting at Unesco headquarters in Paris, an action plan was drawn up to rescue what remains of Mali's cultural heritage.
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Radio France Internationale, 19 February 2013
11 of Timbuktu's 16 mausoleums have been demolished and up to 3000 priceless manuscripts have been destroyed, since islamists took control of northern Mali in 2012.
UN News Service, 18 February 2013
International experts and decision-makers meeting at a United Nations forum in Paris today adopted an action plan to rehabilitate and safeguard Mali's cultural heritage, which has been the target of attacks by Islamic extremists in recent months.
Egypt State Information Service (Cairo), 31 January 2013
Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayyeb condemned burning of Ahmed Baba Institute of Higher Learning and Islamic Research in Mali.
Radio France Internationale, 28 January 2013
Islamists torched a building where priceless ancient manuscripts were stored, as they fled Mali's famous desert city of Timbuktu, which French-led troops were surrounding on Monday.