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French forces tried to use a journalist's visit to northern Mali to track a jihadist leader but failed to prevent the reporter from being kidnapped by the militants, a joint investigation by RFI, newspapers…
French forces tried to use a journalist's visit to northern Mali to track a jihadist leader but failed to prevent the reporter from being kidnapped by the militants, French media reported Wednesday.
Amid widespread bloodshed, jihadists associated with the Islamic State group have taken a powerful position in strategic northeastern Mali, allowing fighters to expand further into neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso.
Tidermene's capture by the jihadists follows months of fighting by the so called Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) to seize the northeastern village of a few thousand inhabitants some 75 kilometres (47 miles) north of Menaka the regional capital.
Dakar, Senegal - Militants affiliated to Islamic State group have taken Tidermene in Mali, further isolating the regional capital, Menaka, in a region t