Hope for McGowan’s release
By Thakira Desai After a gruelling almost six-year battle to secure the release of South African captive, Stephen McGowan from his al-Qaeda Captors, McGowan’s fellow captee, Johan Gustafsson’s release was this week confirmed. A Swedish national, Gustafsson, McGowan and Dutchman, Sjaak Rijke were kidnapped by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in November 2011 in Timbuktu, whilst trekking through Mali by motorcycle. Rijke was freed by French Special Forces in […]
