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French journalist kidnapped near Gao
Olivier Dubois begs for help on video from Mali.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/4...66d1535bf074b8 |
Two seasoned Spanish documentary film makers and an Irish Zambia-born ranger working with anti-poaching were killed in Eastern Burkina when they were ambushed by jihadists April 26.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/w...kina-faso.html |
ISWAP Confirms Shekau’s Death, Says Its Fighters Were Following ISIS Orders
https://humangle.ng/iswap-confirms-s...g-isis-orders/ |
Another lethal ambush at or near Assamakka so that route won't be opening soon.
https://airinfoagadez.com/2021/06/10...une-embuscade/ |
Some good news from Mali: Colombian nun Gloria Narváez Argoti kidnapped in Fev 2017, released today in Bamako.
https://twitter.com/PresidenceMali/s...12821816610824 |
5 years after the kidnapping of Jeff Woodke, the population still demands his release:
https://airinfoagadez.com/2021/10/17...sa-liberation/ |
Edith Blais podcast on BBC Sounds in 2 parts.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct1jtz She's the one who pulled off an amazing escape with her Italian friend east of Kidal. Released On: 15 Nov 2021Available for over a year While travelling through West Africa in 2018, Canadian Edith Blais and her companion Luca Tacchetto were kidnapped by al-Qaeda. They were taken to the desert in a lawless area of Mali where they were, initially, held together for some months. But then they were separated, and Edith found herself alone for long periods of time. As well as suffering physically with dehydration and starvation, she had to find different techniques to keep her mind strong and stay sane. A borrowed pen enabled her to write poetry, she sang songs to remind herself of her own voice, and a very special relationship with a spider helped ease her loneliness. She has written a book about her time in captivity called The Weight of Sand. Part two will be available in the next edition of Outlook, or click on the link below to listen to the whole interview as a podcast. |
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Fascinating 12 minute video article in Le Monde of various militant groups in action in the Sahel:
https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/video...r%5D-%5Bios%5D Attachment 25525 |
Kidnappings in the Sahel 2022
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Not that I believe ransom should be paid to the Sahel Criminal, because it encourages further kidnappings but FYI, Ripcord Insurance will only pay $10,000 if it happens to you.
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Jörg Lange, kidnapped 2018
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Recent kidnappings (of foreigners)
'In Mali, Nopparat Rattanawaraha, who runs a popular YouTube channel where he posts travel clips, returned to Thailand after being released on payment of a reported $150,000 ransom [after three weeks]. He was seized while driving from Burkina Faso into Mali with a driver and guide...'
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...i-kidnap-drama 'In Chad,*a Franco-Australian Jérôme Hugonnot working for the Sahara Conservation Fund (SCF) was kidnapped [near the Sudan border] for two days... He arrived in the early evening aboard an army plane [at] Adji Kosseï military base, notably housing the headquarters of Barkhane, the French anti-jihadist force in the Sahel. https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...napped-in-chad |
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Kidnappings are not unheard of in Chad (2006 Bilma Erg; 2007 Tibesti) but it was more Yemeni style robbery/hostage/ran$om, and certainly not jihadists.
There was even a film about one in the 80s, Le Captif du Desert. |
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