Over July and August 2016, three separate reports of individuals being assaulted and robbed during express kidnappings involving Uber taxi services were reported in Johannesburg, South Africa’s commercial hub. The near identical attacks point to a developing criminal trend in the country, the hallmark of the incidents being the use of Uber taxi services. The […]
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Iulian Gherghut, a Romanian national who was employed as a security guard at a foreignowned manganese mining operation in northern Burkina Faso, was kidnapped by five gunmen. Two other employees were injured during the attack, which occurred in Oudalan province, before the assailants drove north towards the border with Mali. Al Mourabitoun, a Sahel-based Islamist […]
On 7 March 2015, five people, including a French and Belgian national, were killed during a terrorist attackagainst a popular restaurant, La Terrasse, in Mali’s capital, Bamako. The attack was claimed by the Sahelbased Islamist militant group, Al Mourabitoun. The Malian government vowed to find those responsible for the incident and take further steps to […]