Mali: Risk of Kidnapping for Westerners Is Critical in Timbuktu, Elsewhere

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | December 9th, 2009 | Trackback

The U.S. Embassy in Bamako issued a warning urging Americans “in the very strongest terms” to avoid travel to the regions of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu, and if present, to “leave immediately” because of the critical risk of kidnapping. The abduction of a long-term resident French citizen in November and the taking of three Spanish aid workers in neighboring Mauritania a few days later confirm the credibility of the threat.

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