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Olivier Dubois (French pronunciation: [ɔlivje dybwa]; born 6 August 1974) is a French journalist who covers Malian affairs for Le Point and Libération. In April 2021, he was abducted in Gao by the jihadist group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin .
Mar 20, 2023 · Jeffery Woodke and Olivier Dubois arrived at an airport in Niger's capital, Niamey, on Monday. Mr Woodke went missing in Niger in 2016, while Mr Dubois was held hostage in neighbouring Mali for ...
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He said in a video released by his captors that he was taken by the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM), the main jihadist alliance in the Sahel, which is linked to Al-Qaeda. "I feel tired but I'm fine," he told journalists on Monday. "I want to pay tribute to Niger for its skills in this delicate mission and pay tribute to France, to all th...
Paris considers six citizens officially confirmed to be behind bars in Iran as hostages of a state. The journalist's sister Canele Bernard on Monday told AFP: "It's just incredible, it's something that we've been hoping for two years." "The nightmare is over for him and for his family. He will be able to get on with living, although it will be hard...
The Sahel has been ravaged by a jihadist campaign that began in northern Mali in 2012. In 2015, the insurgency swept into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger. The violence has killed thousands of people and displaced millions from their homes, and increased risks for journalists and humanitarian workers. Two International Committee of the Red Cross...
Mar 20, 2023 · Olivier Dubois, a French journalist who was abducted in Mali's Gao region (north) on April 8, 2021 by the al Qaeda-linked Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM), was released on Monday and ...
Mar 20, 2023 · Olivier Dubois, who was a correspondent for French news outlets, was kidnapped in 2021. World. U.S. aid worker and French journalist freed after years in captivity in West Africa.
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May 18, 2023 · While the investigation took more than 18 months, the revelations were withheld until the release of Olivier Dubois, 48, so as not to jeopardise him or the negotiations to secure his freedom. The ...
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Mar 20, 2023 · French freelancer Olivier Dubois and American aid worker Jeffery Woodke emerged from a plane that landed at an airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Dubois, 48, had been kidnapped in Mali in ...
