Battles of Gao and Timbuktu
Restoration work on Timbuktu's historic tombs to finish this month
A project to restore 14 historic mausoleums destroyed in Timbuktu three years ago by hardline Islamists is due to finish at the end of July, the Art Newspaper has reported. The news was announced in Bonn, Germany, at the 39th session of UNESCO?s World Heritage Committee, which is scheduled to end today.