Brief: Without French Presence in the Sahel, the Window for Negotiation Closes
On March 20, al-Qaeda’s Sahelian affiliate, Group for Supporters of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) released two hostages, Olivier Dubois and Jeffery Woodke (from France and the US, respectively). The former was a journalist abducted in northern Mali in 2021 and the latter was an aid worker abducted from Niger in 2016 (jeuneafrique.com, March 20). Their JNIM captors, however, released both …
Source: jamestown.org