Al Jazeera reports that the opposition leader was kidnapped while campaigning in Niafunke, central Mali, probably by an armed group that belongs to the Islamist insurgency Katiba Macina. This is yet another rejoinder of how much the situation in Mali has deteriorated.
For further information on central Mali and Katiba Macina, see the report Local Drivers of Violent Extremism in Central Mali by Natasja Rupesinghe and Morten Bøås from the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.
