Russia signed agreements to bolster trade and economic ties with Mali on Monday and President Vladimir Putin told the ...

(Reuters) – The Malian town of Timbuktu, recaptured from Islamist rebels by French and Malian troops, is an ancient center of Islamic culture that grew rich in the 14th and 15th centuries as a ...

His expansion of trade made Mali the wealthiest kingdom in Africa. Mali inherited a wealthy kingdom, but he established it as the richest kingdom in Africa through his actions. A significant gold and ...

What major city in the West African empire of Mali was once a worldwide cultural center, with vast libraries, rich universities and a thriving gold trade? The answer -- as every third-grader in ...

The Malian town of Timbuktu, recaptured from Islamist rebels by French and Malian troops, is an ancient center of Islamic culture that grew rich in the 14th and 15th centuries as a trading post ...