Algeria says kidnapped diplomats are doing well
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012Seven Algerian diplomats kidnapped in Gao in northeastern Mali are in good health, Algeria’s foreign minister said Monday, adding that contacts had been established with the kidnappers. The Algerian consul and six colleagues were seized April 5 and taken to an unknown destination in a brazen kidnapping claimed by Al-Qaeda dissident group, the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO). “The information we’ve received shows the Algerian hostages are doing well,” Mourad Medelci told state-run news agency APS. He said Algerian authorities were in contact with kidnappers and were monitoring the health of the hostages. “We expect this will soon bear fruit,” he said
