Hostages freed, 2 soldiers dead in the operation
https://www.lemonde.fr/international...0497_3210.html
An operation by French special forces has succeeded to free the 4 hostages (the 2 above-mentionned French toutists from Pendjari plus one American and one South Korean) that were being held hostages in BF. Unfortunately, 2 soldiers have been killed in combat.
The bad news is that the unrest that has spread from Libya to Mali to BF now impacts Benin as well.
The good news (sort of) is, the French have stopped paying for the liberation of hostages, so hopefully the trend will not spread (wishful thinking). That is not good news for the families of the special ops men of course.
Laurent
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