Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Timbuktu destruction due to French negligence: lawyer

French

The International Criminal Court heard Monday that the destruction of shrines in Mali’s famous city of Timbuktu was caused by the French colonizers’ “negligence.” A police commander suspected of playing a key role during the jihadist occupation of the city known as the “Pearl of the Desert” in 2012-13 is on trial for war crimes … Read more