Mali – Page 2 – Ian Birrell

Like Afghanistan, Mali is a victim of our ‘war on terror’

Published in The Independent (May 23rd, 2012) So now we know that Nato will bring its misguided campaign in Afghanistan to a close by the end of 2014, […]

Accidental coup has undone decades of steady progress

Published in The Independent (April 7th, 2012) Arriving in Timbuktu after a long, hot journey across the Sahara, you come to a striking monument to peace, with guns […]

Africa / Arts / Mali / Music

Journey into the beating heart of Africa

Published in The Independent (October 13th, 2006) We ducked into a covered alleyway, where two elderly men with grizzled beards, skullcaps and indigo robes lay on straw mats. […]

Africa / Arts / Mali / Music

Songs of freedom

Published in The Independent (January 18th, 2004) The full moon was bathing the Saharan dunes in light as a middle -aged blind woman with two-tone braided hair and […]