European hostages freed
The 14 European tourists taken hostage in the Sahara earlier this year have been released, a Mali government spokesman announced on 18 August. The news was later confirmed by the German Foreign Ministry. The 14 - nine from Germany, four from Switzerland and one from the Netherlands - were captured while exploring the southern Algerian desert some six months ago. Seventeen others were rescued by the Algerian army in May, while one German women is reported to have died from heatstroke. ...
Subscriber access only
Sign In
- If you are a new, paid MEED subscriber accessing the site for the first time, please activate your account.
- If you are a registered user who would like to to enjoy unlimited access to MEED.com, click subscribe to purchase a subscription or contact Customer Service by email or by calling +971 (0) 4 368 1588.
- Alternatively, you may browse MEED.com as a registered user for free. Our quick registration will allow you to sample premium business intelligence which is otherwise only available to paying subscribers through our Editor's Choice section, sign up for newsletters and to set up a library of saved articles.
