Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Mali in 2021. He spent 711 days in captivity before being released in 2023. Dubois has now written a book detailing his experience, drawing heavily on secret notes he kept during his ordeal. He recounts his struggles, his attempts to escape, and his surprising connection with his captors through reading the Quran.
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The Sahel countries of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in recent years have been upended by military coups and are now led by military juntas, which strugglerevealing that Dubois's fixer had worked with French intelligence, who used him to locate the extremist leader he was trying to interview. Kidnappings have skyrocketed in the Sahel in recent years, according to data from the U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, or ACLED., has been responsible for most of the 1,468 kidnappings in Sahel and Benin between 2017 and 2025, according to the ACLED. The group relies on ransom money to fund their operations and on the fear they instill on local populations to keep them in check.
Speaking to the AP, Dubois said that he did not know the details either, but he recalled being told by the rebels that ransoms varied by nationality. As a French citizen, he was worth 10 million euros, he was told. A South African was worth 50 million.
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