EditorialOusmane Sarmoye Ascofare carefully photographs a page at the headquarters of SAVAMA-DCI, an organization that works to preserve the Timbuktu manuscripts in Bamako, Mali, on March 11, 2022. (Nicolas Remene/The New York Times)
EditorialEl Bachir Thiam, who posts messages critical of the French role in Mali on social media, in Bamako, Mali, March 15, 2022. (Nicolas Remene/The New York Times)
EditorialThen President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali waits to speak at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the United Nations in New York, Sept. 25, 2019. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)