It’s not often that Phil Paoletta receives disgruntled emails about his and Ali Nialy’s project, but when he does, it’s because someone thinks their West Africa-based company is a scam.

Postcards from Timbuktu was established in 2016 by Phil Paoletta, an American hotel owner from Cleveland, and Ali Nialy, a 29-year-old guide from Timbuktu. Credit: Alyson Hurt/NPR The goal was to ...

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Since then, things are looking up." Ali Nialy is a former tour guide. He and other guides can no longer find work leading visitors along the city's sandy streets. The radical Islamist occupation ...