Two Red Cross workers kidnapped in Mali

Jihadists affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group have escalated their operations into central Mali and neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso.

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Mali Red Cross staff assisting in the distribution of food aid in Mali in 2018. Red Cross Mali photo.

By NewVision Reporter

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Two workers with the International Committee of the Red Cross were kidnapped in northern Mali on Saturday, the organisation said, the latest abduction in the troubled West African country.

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Two Red Cross workers kidnapped in Mali

Jihadists affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group have escalated their operations into central Mali and neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso.

Mali Red Cross staff assisting in the distribution of food aid in Mali in 2018. Red Cross Mali photo.

By NewVision Reporter

Journalists @NewVision

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