Mali: Al-Qaeda free ‘last hostage’

  1. Posted on Monday 13 July 2009 - 09:25
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    Murtala Mohamed Kamara , AfricaNews reporter in Freetown, Sierra Leone
    Warner Garner, a Swiss hostage who was kidnapped by Al-Qaeda on January 22 this year in Niger has been freed in the Gao desert region of northern Mali in West Africa on Sunday. Warner was among the last of six Westerners kidnapped to be freed. Local authorities in Northern Mali have confirmed the released.
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    "The Swiss hostage has been freed; he is very tired, and will soon be reunited with his family, after first passing through Bamako," a source told the AFP news agency.

    The West African nation of Mali has declared an all out war on those terrorists groups operation in that part of the continent but security experts predicted that the Al-Qaeda north African branch might be in future prove to be a ‘tough target’ in the fight against terror.

    It could be recalled that the Al-Qaeda in the magreb claimed responsibility for killing a Briton on May 31 following failed talks with the UK authorities to free a member who is held captives by that country for strong links with Osama Bin Laden the US most wanted.

    The Malian army announced that dozens of people were killed on July 4th deadliest clashes yet reported in the northwestern desert region between them and Al-Qaeda fighters after a convoy of troops left Timbuktu on Friday to hunt down Al-Qaeda militants reported France24.

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