In Douentza, the great Toguna in the city center was looted and the sculpted pillars were burned. In the city and region of Gao, numerous musical instruments were burned in May 2012 and the El Kebir mausoleum was destroyed in October 2012.Ī video shows UNESCO’s first mission to evaluate the damage to cultural heritage in Gao. MINUSMA has notably launched a Quick Impact Project (QIP) for the rehabilitation of four manuscript libraries. The reconstruction of mausoleums and the rehabilitation of manuscript libraries are currently underway in Timbuktu. Photos from the first mission of UNESCO experts to Timbuktu on 6 June 2013 show the damage at the different sites. About 4,200 manuscripts of the Institut des Hautes Etudes et de Recherches Islamiques Ahmed Baba (IHERI-AB) were burned by armed groups. In September 2013, a suicide attack seriously damaged other buildings in the city, including manuscript libraries. The sacred door of the Sidi Yahia mosque was broken. Attacks targeted and completely destroyed the two mausoleums of the Djingareyber mosque, as well as the El Farouk monument. In Timbuktu, 14 of the 16 mausoleums that are part of world heritage were destroyed. The cultural heritage in the North of Mali – sites, objects or cultural practices and expressions – was subject to repeated attacks and suffered heavy damages, particularly in the cities of Timbuktu and Gao. In Mali (between April 2012 and January 2013) The mission has also been asked to operate mindfully in the vicinity of cultural and historical sites. MINUSMA, in collaboration with UNESCO, is mandated to support the Malian authorities in protecting Mali’s cultural and historic sites from attacks.
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