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South Africa: NGO Unaware of Reported U.S.$4 Million Ransom Paid to Free Mali Hostage
News24Wire, 4 August 2017
The Gift of the Givers humanitarian aid organisation says it knows nothing about a ransom of more than R50m that was allegedly paid for the release of Stephen McGown, Netwerk24… Read more »
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South Africa: As Long As Ransoms Are Paid, Kidnappings Will Continue
Daily Maverick, 4 August 2017
By August 2017, two long-term AQIM hostages, Stephen McGowan (August 2017) and Johan Gustafsson (June 2017), were released. Given that each had been held for six years, the… Read more »