<p>French&nbsp;Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves&nbsp;Le&nbsp;Drian&nbsp;confirmed on Sunday that a&nbsp;French&nbsp;journalist&nbsp;who disappeared last month in&nbsp;Mali's northern city of Gao had probably been taken hostage by Islamist militants in West Africa's arid Sahel region.</p>

<p><strong>Also Read |&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/french-journalist-kidnapped-by-jihadists-in-mali-382942">French journalist kidnapped by jihadists in Mali</a></strong></p>

<p>Olivier Dubois this month appeared in a video appealing to authorities to do everything they can to free him from the JNIM (al Qaeda North Africa) holding him.</p>

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<p>French&nbsp;authorities have previously only confirmed Dubois' disappearance.</p>

<p>"Everything&nbsp;leads us to believe he's the hostage of a jihadist group",&nbsp;Le&nbsp;Drian&nbsp;told RTL radio.</p>


French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed on Sunday that a French journalist who disappeared last month in Mali's northern city of Gao had probably been taken hostage by Islamist militants in West Africa's arid Sahel region.

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed on Sunday that a French journalist who disappeared last month in Mali's northern city of Gao had probably been taken hostage by Islamist militants in West Africa's arid Sahel region. Also Read | French journalist kidnapped by jihadists in Mali Olivier Dubois this month appeared in a video appealing to authorities to do everything they can to free him from the JNIM (al Qaeda North Africa) holding him. French authorities have previously only confirmed Dubois' disappearance. "Everything leads us to believe he's the hostage of a jihadist group", Le Drian told RTL radio.

France's Le Drian confirms kidnapping of French journalist in Mali

A French journalist, who disappeared last month in Mali's northern city of Gao appeared in a video on Wednesday appealing to authorities to work for his release. He also said that he had been kidnapped in early April by a jihadist group with links to Al-Qaeda.

French journalist abducted in Mali appears in video asking for help

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France's Le Drian confirms kidnapping of French journalist in Mali

French journalist abducted in Mali appears in video asking for help