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Timbuktu: Mali Islamist liable for $3m in damages

17/08/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - The Newsroom, Timbuktu: Mali Islamist liable for $3m in damages

$3million awarded to victims of jihadist attacks on world heritage sites in Mali

$3million awarded to victims of jihadist attacks on world heritage sites in Mali.

The International Criminal Court has awarded more than $3million in damages to victims of jihadist attacks on world heritage sites in Mali. Also: Uganda now hosts 1million South Sudan refugees and politician dons burka in Australian Senate.

(Picture: The Sidi Yahia mosque in Timbuktu that was damaged by attacks in 2012 Credit: SEBASTIEN RIEUSSEC/AFP/Getty Images)

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