The Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali, hosted a gathering of first ladies of West Africa when I was staying there in October 2011. The regal, powerful women and their attendants dominated the upscale lobby. The hotel was known for being safe and At least three people have been killed as gunmen take hostages at … Read more
Local and French forces led the hostage rescue operation at a hotel in Mali on Friday, but classified documents reviewed by NBC News show U.S. special forces have been in the country for some time to assist counterterrorism operations. Terrorists All remaining hostages in the siege in Bamako, Mali, are now safe and out of … Read more
All remaining hostages in the siege in Bamako, Mali, are now safe and out of the Radisson Blu hotel where they had been held, ministerial adviser Amadou Sangho told French television station BFMTV. "These people have All remaining hostages in the siege in Bamako, Mali, are now safe and out of the Radisson Blu hotel … Read more
GUNMEN HAVE TAKEN OVER 170 PEOPLE HOSTAGE IN MALI "Islamist gunmen stormed a luxury hotel packed with foreigners in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday, taking 170 hostages in a former French colony that has At least 27 people were reported dead on Friday after Malian commandos stormed a luxury hotel in the capital Bamako with … Read more