New request for the release of the South African paramedic who has been a captive in Mali for more than five years
The family of a South African who has been held captive by jihadists in Mali for more than five years filed a new appeal for his freedom yesterday. On November 3, 2017, the emergency paramedic Gerco van Deventer, age 47, was abducted in Libya. While the three other people taken into custody at the same time were released seven months later, Van Deventer remained imprisoned and was transferred to Mali. […]
