Serge Lazarevic Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/serge-lazarevic/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 09 Dec 2014 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Serge Lazarevic Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/serge-lazarevic/ 32 32 Last French hostage released https://jjcornish.com/2014/12/last-french-hostage-released/ Tue, 09 Dec 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2014/12/last-french-hostage-released/ President Francois Hollande says the last French hostage to be held by Islamist militants has been freed after three years.. He’s Serge Lazarevic who was snatched in Mali in November 2011 along with fellow Frenchman Philippe Verdon. South African Stephen McGowan also seized in Mali in 2011 is still being held. Philippe Verdon, who was […]

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]]> President Francois Hollande says the last French hostage to be held by Islamist militants has been freed after three years..

He’s Serge Lazarevic who was snatched in Mali in November 2011 along with fellow Frenchman Philippe Verdon.

South African Stephen McGowan also seized in Mali in 2011 is still being held.

Philippe Verdon, who was abducted with Serge Lazarevic was killed by Al Qaeda militants in retaliation for France’s intervention in Mali.

Lazarevic, says he’s in relatively good health despite the conditions of his captivity.

He’s heading home to France via Niger.

President Francois Hollande says there are now no more French hostages.

At one point there were at least 14 French nationals being held by Islamists in West Africa.

 

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