GENEVA (AP) " An online monitor of jihadi groups says al-Qaida's north Africa wing has released a new video of a Swiss woman taken hostage in Mali in January. The group has previously demanded the release of fighters imprisoned in Mali and Niger in exchange for Stockly's release. Switzerland's Foreign Ministry has called for Stockly's unconditional release. She had been briefly abducted back in 2012 and was kidnapped again on Jan. 7 by militants who invaded her Timbuktu home. The video from al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb did not appear to make any new demands.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 17, 2016 07:52 UTC