Mosque stampede

More than 20 people, mainly women and children, have been killed in a stampede, in the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu.

They were trampled in a crush at the famous Djinguereber mosque during the Maulud festival marking the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.

As part of the celebrations, thousands of worshippers walk around the mud mosque.

But this year they had to use a different path due to renovations taking place on the 14th century building.

Local tour guide Halif Mohamed al Hassan began told Peter Ndoro what happened.