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Ignorant bastards!!!!!
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El Watan is usually well informed, while their stories on occasion may have a touch of added spice, they are mostly based on factual information. With the buildup of French forces in N. Chad and the stories filtering out from S. Libya, this was to be expected for some time...
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If true that leaves four Europeans still in captivity, presumably in north Mali.
Serge Lazarevic, one of the 'geologists' snatched in November 2011 at Hombori, and the Dutch, Swedish and a South African/Brit) taken from Timbuktu a day later.
Kidnappings | Sahara Overland
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In 2 weeks from now, these guys will have been hostage for 1000 days
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25 Sep 2014
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We all know that N.Mali is difficult at the moment and has been so for several years.
Its no surprise then that kidnappings and strife continue in the region. However there are elements to a recent report involving the kidnapping of a Taureg man by AQ linked insurgents that are worth noting here. First, the Taureg (and four other Tauregs) were thought to be providing intelligence to the French military and second, the Taureg was beheaded. The latter detail echoes events elsewhere in other trouble spots but one which hasn't been a feature of Saharan troubles.
Tuareg man decapitated in Mali | News24
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A game changer, these beheadings-for-propaganda?
Makes me worry about the four travellers still kept hostage. One Swede, one Brit/SA, one Dutchman, and one French. Also makes me less eager to go anywhere in Algeria or eastern Mali.
The bearded guys still need the ransom money, don't they?
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@priffe: if MBM is now sponsored by ISIS oil money from Syria, than kidnapped fellow travelers future is sadly uncertain.
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What about Mauritania?
Hi all,
Considering the current unrest coming from IS. Is this affecting Mauritania as well??
Am about to overland to Senegal and than further on, but started to get a bit worried regarding the threats.
Any word on the ground?
Thanks, safe travels!
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Welcome to the forum GM.
There is no evidence that I know of that the latest IS related issues have emerged in Mauritania. If you go back a few years, AQIM were active there but two fundamental things happened:
1) The Mauri military clamped down hard
2) The AQIM head quarters in N.Mali was attacked by conventional French led forces (2012).
As a result, AQIM had little freedom to move in Mauri and had their hands-full in N Mali. We suspect they mostly de-camped to S.Libya (possibly also N.Niger) .
As I understand things, the main AQIM related (loosely used) insurgents that are still in N.Mali or are in S.Libya (or N.Niger) have yet to formally link with IS though the beheading in N.Mali over the last week reported elsewhere on STF is an ominous sign that they are thinking that way.
For now, Mauri is one of the very few Saharan countries that is in reasonable shape for travel.
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Thanks Richard, that's of great help!
I think, we'll just go for it and keep our eyes and ears open.
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AQIM Libya-Niger-Mali convoy ambushed
French forces have reported intercepting an AQIM convoy in Niger travelling from Libya to Mali:
BBC News - Al-Qaeda convoy en route to Mali 'destroyed' by French
The report is vague on any details but confirms that AQIM are in Libya, Niger and Mali (still). Reports of arms being transported from Libya to Mali date to 2011.
It is also clear that French forces monitor the traffic through Niger which makes that region risky for travel regardless of AQIM as overlanders might not be identified as such (not that there are any out there at the moment).
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This is the location of the military base at Madama:
21°56'42.82"N
13°38'47.21"E
It is east of the Djado Plateau on on the piste from Libya to Niger.
See description from others passing through (including gvdaa) when the Marlboro piste was once a possibility:
Sahara Overland ~ the book and online resource
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