Protesters block access to Timbuktu airport to demand better roads Protesters in Timbuktu have been blocking the road leading to the airport since Saturday to demand the restoration and securing of the road linking the Malian city to the centre and south of the country.\\nThe "Timbuktu claims its rights" collective is imitating other citizen movements in Mali that have been blocking national roads in recent weeks to make demands and protest against what they consider to be false promises by the government. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES