The Living Together festival has become a major event here since it was first organised eight years ago with support from the UN mission in Mali, Minusma. Dozens of traders and local artisans ...

Festival au Desert started in 2001 as a small Sahara Desert gathering of Tuareg tribes and Malian musicians in the aftermath of civil strife between Mali’s principal ethnic groups. Its centerpieces ...

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 jihadists entered the ancient city.

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 jihadists entered the ancient city.