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Again there was a terrorist attack in Mali. 15 people, including six attackers, were killed in an attack on the UN mission in Timbuktu. Reports BTV. 

This is the second attack that took place yesterday against the UN peacekeeping force in Mali.

The attacks are just ahead of today's session of the Security Council for Peace and Security in Africa.

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.

Weather and poor storage conditions in Bamako are posing a new threat to thousands of ancient manuscripts that were rescued from the clutches of al-Qaeda in Timbuktu After being spirited away from under the noses of rampaging Islamic extremists, thousands of ancient manuscripts from the fabled city of Timbuktu now face another threat: weather and poor storage conditions in their new loca