21/11/2012 19:46
French citizen kidnapped in southwest Mali
A French citizen has been kidnapped in southwest Mali, far from the zone controlled by al-Qaida-linked militants where African countries are preparing a possible military intervention, officials said Wednesday.
The kidnapping brings to seven the number of French citizens being held in the west African nation that is effectively divided in two, with radical Islamists and native Touareg rebels in control of the north.
A French citizen has been kidnapped in southwest Mali, far from the zone controlled by al-Qaida-linked militants where African countries are preparing a possible military intervention, officials said Wednesday.
The kidnapping brings to seven the number of French citizens being held in the west African nation that is effectively divided in two, with radical Islamists and native Touareg rebels in control of the north.