Timbuktu: 900-year-old ceremony re-consecrates mausoleums destroyed by armed groups
world2016-02-03
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A consecration ceremony of the Timbuktu mausoleums, last held in the 11th century, was celebrated today at the initiative of the local community, the final phase of the United Nations-backed cultural rebirth of the age-old Sahara city after the destruction wrought by radical Islamists in 2012.
Source: UN News Centre (UN.org)
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