In a video published on YouTube recently, three men kidnapped in Mali last year by al-Qaeda say they are well. One of the men is South African Stephen Malcom McGown.
A South African man is being used as a bargaining tool by terrorist organisation, al-Qaeda. The 36-year-old SA national, who also has a British citizenship and whose name has not been revealed, was abducted in Mali last year by members of al-Qaeda. His freedom is now being offered, but only in exchange for Britain’s release of the militant Jordanian preacher, Abu Qatada.