Ahmada Ag Bibi is the mediator who negotiated on behalf of Mali and with the Malian intelligence services for the release of Soumaïla Cissé, Sophie Pétronin and two Italian hostages held by the Islamic and Muslim Support Group, linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, in October 2020. the Malian state now shows its willingness to discuss with jihadist groups, what role can Ahmada Ag Bibi play today? Talking to who?
Former executive director of the jihadist group Ansar Dine of Iyad Ag Ghaly, Ahmada ag Bibi then joined the HCUA (High Council for the Unit of Azawad), an armed group that signed the peace agreement in 2015. Ahmada Ag Bibi a was also a Malian deputy. His mediation services with the terrorist groups widespread in northern Mali had already been used several times before by Cissé and Sophie Pétronin. He’s at the microphone of our special correspondent in Bamako, David Baché.
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