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Missionary Beatrice Stoeckli named as Swiss Mali victim

Sat, 10 Oct 2020 16:01:10 +0200

A Swiss woman thought to have been killed in Mali was a missionary abducted in 2016, the Swiss foreign ministry said on Saturday.

Swiss hostage 'killed by jihadis in Mali': ministry

Sat, 10 Oct 2020 12:41:18 +0200

A Swiss woman being held hostage in Mali "was apparently killed by kidnappers... about a month ago", Bern's foreign ministry said in a statement Friday.

Abducted Swiss missionary shown alive in video

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 09:35:54 +0100

Al-Qaeda's affiliate in North Africa on Tuesday released a new proof-of-life video of Swiss missionary Beatrice Stockly, held hostage in Mali by the group since last January, US-based monitoring group SITE said.

AQIM sends proof-of-life video of Swiss hostage

Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:27:55 +0200

Al-Qaeda's affiliate in North Africa has released a new proof-of-life video of Swiss missionary Beatrice Stockly, who has been held hostage by the group in Mali since January.

Bern struggling to free Swiss kidnapped again in Mali

Sun, 31 Jan 2016 21:29:18 +0100

Switzerland is struggling to resolve the case of a Swiss woman kidnapped for a second time by jihadists in Mali, Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Burkhalter said in an interview published on Sunday.

Extremists abduct Swiss woman in north Mali

Fri, 08 Jan 2016 15:13:09 +0100

Gunmen abducted a Swiss woman overnight Thursday to Friday in Timbuktu in northern Mali, where she had lived for several years and was previously held by extremists, official sources say.

UN rights council centres on Mali and North Korea

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:08:00 +0100

The 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, which opens in Geneva on Monday, is set to discuss the widespread abuses in Mali and North Korea, according to observers.

Swiss hostage released in Mali

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:11:00 +0200

A Swiss woman who was abducted in rebel-held Timbuktu in northern Mali last week was released Tuesday and handed over to troops from Burkina Faso.

Swiss officials in contact with Mali kidnappers

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:18:00 +0200

Switzerland's foreign ministry said Monday it was in contact with a group holding a Swiss woman abducted Mali's rebel-held Timbuktu last week.

Mali Islamists 'ready to free' Swiss hostage

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:20:00 +0200

A Swiss woman abducted last week in rebel-held Timbuktu in northern Mali has been snatched from her captors by armed Islamists who want to free her, several security sources said Sunday.

Swiss woman kidnapped in Timbuktu: confirmed

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0200

Switzerland on Monday confirmed that a female national had been kidnapped in Mali's Timbuktu, the fabled city seized by Islamists after a coup in the west African nation.

Swiss woman abducted in Mali: local official

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:42:00 +0200

A Swiss woman has been abducted in the rebel-held northern Malian city of Timbuktu, now controlled by Islamist fighters, a local official and a resident of the town told AFP on Sunday.