Coastal environmental science student Lucille Yoes was selected as an LSU global ambassador for 2025. She and the rest of the ...

Xam Xam is the first video released on April 10 by Senegalese Cheikh Ibra Fam, the former Orchestra Baobab singer and instrumentalist, from his upcoming sophomore album, Adouna ("Life"), set for ...

The Great Mosque was a marvel of North African architecture with lobed arches, hand-carved moldings and the adobe-style bricks made of rammed earth used to construct most the area’s structures.

The Great Mosque of Kairouan is one of the oldest and most cherished Islamic buildings in North Africa. This mosque is a place of worship for Muslims, and it's also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The world’s largest mud-brick building, the Great Mosque of Djenne, Mali, awaits its annual replastering, Friday, May 10, 2024. The building has been on UNESCO’s World Heritage in Danger list ...

DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Thousands of Malians carrying buckets and jugs of mud joined the annual replastering of the world’s largest mud-brick building this weekend, a key ritual that maintains th… ...

Malians gather at the foot of the Great Mosque of Djenne, Mali, joining in for the annual replastering of the world's largest mud-brick building, Sunday, May 12, 2024.

Thousands of Malians joined the replastering of the world’s largest mud-brick building this weekend, a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne in central Mali.