Burkina attack shows jihadists’ strength
"This attack is all about Burkina Faso’s membership of the G5 Sahel force"
"This attack is all about Burkina Faso’s membership of the G5 Sahel force"
Since his return, McGowan has spent several days in hospital with a fever and headaches, although is recovering now.
Gift of the Givers has sent a negotiator to Mali in an attempt to make contact with Stephen McGowan and Johan Gustafson’s kidnappers.
Stephen McGowan’s family have been asked to keep a low profile after French forces rescued one of his fellow al-Qaeda hostages.
Stephen McGowan’s whereabouts are unknown despite the release of the Dutch national who was kidnapped alongside him in Timbuktu in 2011.
Al-Qaeda has released a new video of seven foreign hostages, including South African Stephen McGowan, urging negotiations for their release.
Three Westerners, including a South African man, abducted nearly nine months ago by al-Qaeda in Mali have urged their governments to help free them.