(Bloomberg) — Weather station 61223 had been faithfully recording data on the temperature, wind and rainfall in the legendary city of Timbuktu for 115 years before March 30, 2012. On that day, the ...

Patrolling Timbuktu's maze of mud-brick houses, the French troops quickly lost their way, their jeeps stuck, wheels spinning, in the sand of the ancient Saharan trading town.

A view of Timbuktu and the University of Sankoré (Image Source: Drawn by Martin Bernatz (1802–1878) after a sketch by Heinrich Barth (1821-1865)-Public Domain) When it comes to Black colleges ...

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