Lindsey Hilsum
Iraq: why looting can be a good thing
Better that at least some vestiges of previous civilisations be kept safe in the great museums of London, Berlin and New York, courtesy of the colonial looters of yesteryear.
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Lindsey Hilsum
Landmines outside Gao show Mali’s guerrilla war has started
Landmines on the road out from Gao, recently liberated from the jihadis, shows Mali’s conflict is entering a new stage, and the French will have to tread more softly when they reach Kidal.
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Jon Snow
Syria, Europe and Uganda via the Metropolitan line
A short trip on the London Underground to a suburban girls’ school makes for an uplifting visit.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Mali: after the fire, now the reckoning
All over Gao, you can see the wreckage left by the jihadis. But the damage which will be hardest to repair is in people’s heads.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Massacre of Mali preachers that could trigger a war
Sixteen preachers have been shot dead in Mali as they were stopped at a security checkpoint. One Islamist leader says he regards it as a declaration of war. But who was behind the killings?
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Lindsey Hilsum
Mali music falls silent as Islamist repression bites
This week northern Mali’s new rulers banned secular music as “satanic”. From now on, private radio stations in the north may only play the recitation of Koranic verses.