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Reports: Travelers held hostage in Mali since 2018 are released

Reports: Travelers held hostage in Mali since 2018 are released

The New York Times is reporting that two people, an Italian man and Canadian woman taken hostage in Burkina Faso in December 2018, have been released. Edith Blais, 35, and Luca Tacchetto, 31, were taken to Mali after their abductions, and now are believed to be in Bamako. They are…

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Two French commandos die while freeing four hostages in Burkina Faso

Two French commandos die while freeing four hostages in Burkina Faso

Four hostages held in Burkina Faso were freed late Thursday by French special forces serving with Operation Barkhane, with two of the commandos dying during the mission. The two were identified as Cédric de Pierrepont and Alain Bertoncello, who were killed by terrorists during an operation conducted in cooperation with…

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Russia: Still no word on six sailors abducted in Gulf of Guinea

Russia: Still no word on six sailors abducted in Gulf of Guinea

The Russian government says there’s still no word on six sailors who were taken hostage when pirates boarded their ship in the Gulf of Guinea last week. The MSC Mandy, a Panamanian-flagged vessel, was attacked in the territorial waters of Benin on January 2 with two dozen people on board,…

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Hostage video released as death toll rises to 70 in Nigerian oil team ambush

A video of three University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) faculty and staff members, believed to be abducted by Boko Haram members during last week’s ambush on an oil exploration team in Borno state, was released to news media on Saturday. Appearing in the video are two men who identified themselves as…

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Somalia: Hostages among 31 dead in Mogadishu restaurant attack

A bold attack on a restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday continued late into the night, as armed men held an unknown number of hostages inside. An updated story from the Associated Press said that at least 31 people had died in a violent and confusing attack…

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