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Mali and its neighbours have for more than a decade battled militant groups allied to Islamic State and al-Qaeda while ...

But that vibrant scene is under threat. Another of Mali's festivals -- The Festival in the Desert outside Timbuktu -- once attracted thousands of visitors, but it has not been held since 2012 when ...

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Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by political shifts roiling West Africa. Tens ...

Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by political shifts roiling West Africa.