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France suspends cultural cooperation with three West African countries
France's culture minister said the country “never boycotts artists”, but artists and performers from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso will no longer be granted visas
In Burkina Faso and Mali, pilot scheme builds defences against illegal trafficking of cultural antiquities
Icom and Aliph’s $250,000 project is providing training and security measures for 22 museums in countries ravaged by war
Object lessons: from a Renaissance drawing unseen for a century to a work by Mali’s pre-eminent photographer
Our pick of the highlights from coming fairs and auctions
US customs officials return more than 900 stolen artefacts to Mali
The objects, which include vessels and funerary urns, where intercepted in Houston in 2009 then sat in limbo for years
International Criminal Court trial begins of Jihadist police chief accused of destroying Timbuktu’s cultural heritage
Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud is on trial for war crimes in Mali
Artist Amadou Sanogo plans Bamako arts centre to mentor young talent
Expected to open in 2022, Makoro will house studios for Malian artists under 30, workshops for school children and exhibitions
Mali's reputation for insecurity challenged by the 25th Bamako Encounters
This year's edition of the photography festival showed "there are many Africas", as 85 artists portrayed a multifaceted, self-aware continent