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Kidnapped journalist in Mali released

today at 15.12 Anna Sjögren

The French journalist Olivier Dubois was kidnapped in northern Mali in 2021 by an Islamist group linked to the terrorist group Al Quaida.

Dubois is said to have been kidnapped in connection with his interview with a jihadist leader.

Now the journalist has been released and taken to neighboring Niger, according to the news channel France24.

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