Home to numerous violent Islamist extremists, the region suffers from political instability and sometimes regular coups, including two in Mali and Burkina Faso and one in Chad since 2020. Contacted by VOA, Dubois’ wife, Deborah, said her husband, who was freed at the end of March, is not currently giving interviews. An editor who has worked with Dubois, Sonia Delesalle-Stolper, told VOA the French newspaper she works for has been affected by the unrest across the Sahel. “It’s been quite challenging over the last two years for Liberation and our coverage of the Sahel,” said Delesalle-Stolper, the newspaper’s chief foreign editor. For many Sahel reporters, though, that remains too difficult and risky at the moment.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 08, 2023 20:39 UTC