West-Africa
344 high school students kidnapped from the Kankara boarding school have been released
In Nigeria, high school students who were caught last weekend at their boarding school in Kankara, northwestern Nigeria, were released…
Kidnappings
West-Africa
Kidnapping from high school will be the government’s priority
Still no news of high school students being kidnapped from their school on the night of Thursday the 10th until…
West-Africa
a US citizen kidnapped in Massalata
A US citizen was kidnapped in southern Niger overnight from Monday to Tuesday by six attackers who came on foot.…
West-Africa
Liberation of hostages in Mali: what position for Moustapha Chafi, former adviser to Compaoré?
Who negotiated the discharge of 4 hostages, together with Soumaïla Cissé and Sophie Pétronin, two weeks in the past in…
North-Africa
Kidnappings rising in Libya
The Nationwide Fee on Human Rights in Libya (NHCR) in a press release condemned the arbitrary detention of considered one…
West-Africa
many national hostages held in the Sahel along with Westerners
The release of the French hostage, Sophie Pétronin, put the spotlight on Westerners still being held in the Sahel. But…
West-Africa
In the news: the underside of a liberation
After moments of joy and effusion, following the release late last week in Mali of the three Western hostages and…
West-Africa
behind the scenes of the release of the hostages, tough negotiations
The release on Thursday night of the four hostages in Mali, Soumaïla Cissé, Sophie Pétronin and the two Italians, Nicola…
West-Africa
a Swiss missionary, held hostage, was killed by her captors
Another hostage in Mali, a Swiss woman, was killed by her captors. Bern officially announced it on Friday evening, October…
West-Africa
In Mali, relief after the release of Soumaïla Cissé
Several hostages in the hands of jihadists were released on Thursday. Among them the leader of the Malian opposition. Soumaïla…
Somalia
the former hostages back in France
The plane with ex-hostages Sophie Pétronin has just landed at Villacoublay airport near Paris. The flight had started a few…
