Aga Khan Development Network: Aga Khan in Timbuktu

Timbuktu, Mali, Africa - 24 April 2008 - President Amadou Toumani Touré and His Highness the Aga Khan inaugurated the restoration of the Komoguel I Mosque in Mopti and announced the creation of an Urban Park in Bamako. The Aga Khan also reviewed the work on the Djingarey Ber Mosque in Timbuktu as part of the Aga Khan Development Network’s (AKDN) expanded development activities in Mali. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge photographs.

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	His Highness the Aga Khan inspects the work being under taken at the Djingarey Ber Mosque in Timbuktu. File size: 698KB Photo credit: AKDN / Arnhel De Serra

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