French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed on Sunday that a French journalist who disappeared in Mali last month was likely kidnapped by Islamist terrorists. Reporter Olivier Dubois was believed to have been kidnapped after his disappearance on April 8. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) announced Dubois’s kidnap on May 6 after a video was released that showed him saying he was kidnapped by JNIM (Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin), an al-Qaeda-affiliated group in Mali, and asking his family, friends, and authorities to work for his release. But French authorities at the time said they were in the process of checking the video, and only confirmed that the reporter had disappeared. On Sunday, Le Drian told RTL radio that “everything leads us to believe he’s the hostage of a jihadist group.” RSF Secretary-General Christophe Deloire has previously said that Dubois was reporting in Gao in northern Mali and did not return to his hotel after lunch on April 8. Arnaud …
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