SWM 2015: Mali - Cultural heritage as a vehicle for peace in Timbuktu

Embargo: 2 July 2015 00.01 (GMT+1)
Case study by Joana Dabaj
The fabled ‘city of 333 Saints’, Timbuktu, is located in the republic of Mali at the edge of the Sahara desert and near the Niger River. Founded in the 5th century, it was long regarded as a centre for the diffusion of Islam thr...

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