Release of Olivier Dubois: the journalist expected around noon in France and welcomed by Emmanuel Macron

After almost two years of detention in Mali, French journalist Olivier Dubois was released on Monday March 20. On images shot in Niamey (Niger), he does not hide his joy. Tuesday, around noon, he will land in France, where he will be welcomed by Emmanuel Macron. An American aid worker was also released. He spent seven years in detention.

Relief for his family

After endless months in the Sahelian desert, at the hands of jihadists linked to Al-QaedaOlivier Dubois said to himself “fatigue”, but claimed he was fine. Olivier Dubois, 48, is a freelance journalist who was based in Mali when he was kidnapped on April 8, 2021 in Gao (Mali). He had disappeared when he had an appointment to interview a jihadist leader. For his family in Martinique, it is a real relief that he has been released. Emmanuel Macron thanked Niger, a neighbor of Mali, for having worked for this release, also expressing his immense relief.