French journalist kidnapped in Mali appeals for help in jihadist video
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05/05/2021 - 12:17 A screen grab from the video shows French journalist Olivier Dubois saying he was kidnapped in Mali last month. © Social media/AFP 4 min Reporters Without Borders has confirmed that another Western journalist has been kidnapped in Mali, after French journalist Olivier Dubois appeared in a video saying he was being held by the jihadist group Al-Qaeda. Advertising Read more
The head of Reporters Without Borders Director Christophe Deloire confirmed to The Associated Press that the journalist was kidnapped on 8 April from the city of Gao, northern Mali, and called for his release.
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How Qaeda-friendly GSIM became the Sahel s leading jihadists AFP 1/11/2021 © STR GSIM has come a long way in recent months
A group of jihadists close to Al-Qaeda has emerged as the West s most formidable enemy in the Sahel, taking over from the Islamic State as the region s major threat.
The Group to Support Islam and Muslims, also known by its Arabic acronym JNIM, is a sworn enemy of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS).
It made headlines most recently when it killed five soldiers of the French-led Barkhane force in two attacks within a week.
The killings are the latest example of GSIM s rise to a position that experts say make it an unavoidable partner in or the biggest obstacle to any peace negotiations for the restive Sahel region, the arid expanse south of the Sahara that is roughly the size of Europe.