Thousands of children reportedly trapped in historic city of Timbuktu - a podcast by BBC World Service

More than 136,000 people, including an estimated 74,000 children are trapped in the historic northern Mali city of Timbuktu, according to the NGO Save the Children. This follows a siege by the al-Qaeda linked jihadists

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