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Journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali
He spent 711 days in desert captivity, sleeping chained to a tree ... So instead, Dubois started reading the Quran. Reading ...
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Islamic State escalates attacks in Syrian desert
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Is Islamic State rebuilding in Syrian desert?
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At least 10 soldiers in Niger are killed in an ambush, the army says
Niger’s ruling military junta says that an ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso ...
A French journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali
Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa’s Sahel region, while on his way to interview one of the group’s leaders in northern Mali ...
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A French journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali
He spent 711 days in desert captivity, sleeping chained to a ... Reading the holy book of Islam served a dual purpose: it occupied his mind, and helped him understand his captors better, be ...