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Chérif Ould Taher helps secure release of two Sahel hostages

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Malian businessman Chérif Ould Taher played a key role in the release on 21 October of a Swiss woman and an Austrian woman abducted in 2025 by Islamic State in the Sahel. Described as one of the main drug traffickers in northern Mali, he had also helped secure the release of an American hostage in August, according to Le Monde.

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