The ICC Fund in Bamako to compensate the victims of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi
Four years after Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi was sentenced to nine years in prison by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and the destruction of the Timbuktu mausoleums, a delegation from the Trust Fund for Victims traveled to Bamako.
The states that have signed the Rome Statute contribute to this fund. For Mali, 1.8 billion CFA francs will be granted from January 2021 to the tomboukti victims identified after the Al Faqi trial.
About a thousand people, mainly the beneficiaries of the Mausoleum Saints who…