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Apr
26
2024
By The African Mirror
Hamas issues video showing Israeli-American hostage Goldberg-Polin

Hamas issues video showing Israeli-American hostage Goldberg-Polin

WORLD
THE Islamist movement Hamas published a video apparently showing Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American seized during Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel and taken into Gaza, alive. The short, undated video showed the 23-year-old missing a lower arm, but otherwise apparently healthy. He was shown saying he had sustained serious injuries during the Oct. 7 attack "after I tried using my body as a shield to protect myself and other fearful civilians". His mother Rachel Goldberg-Polin has been campaigning for the release of her son, who was abducted at the Nova music festival and is one of 133 Israeli hostages still in captivity…
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Mar
22
2024
By GIULIA PARAVICINI, JONATHAN SAUL and ABDIQANI HASSAN
Somali pirates return, adding to global shipping crisis

Somali pirates return, adding to global shipping crisis

NEWS
AS a speed boat carrying more than a dozen Somali pirates bore down on their position in the western Indian Ocean, the crew of a Bangladeshi-owned bulk carrier sent out a distress signal and called an emergency hotline. No one reached them in time. The pirates clambered aboard the Abdullah, firing warning shots and taking the captain and second officer hostage, Chief Officer Atiq Ullah Khan said in an audio message to the ship's owners. "By the grace of Allah no one has been harmed so far," Khan said in the message, recorded before the pirates took the crew's phones.…
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Mar
21
2023
By The African Mirror
French journalist Dubois freed in Mali – Liberation

French journalist Dubois freed in Mali – Liberation

NEWS
FRENCH journalist Olivier Dubois, who has been held hostage in Mali for nearly two years, has been freed, the newspaper Liberation director told Reuters. Dubois, who disappeared in Mali's northern city of Gao in April 2021, appeared in a video in early May 2022, appealing to authorities to do everything they could to free him from Islamist militants holding him. "We are deeply relieved and happy about this outcome," Liberation director Dov Alfon said. Dubois worked for Liberation and Le Point magazine. France's foreign ministry did not immediately confirm the news of his release. French civilians have long been favoured…
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