A video released by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on 10 January, shows a new proof of life of the Swiss missionary Beatrice Stockly, held captive in Mali.
The short two-minute video shows a woman with her head covered by a black veil who identifies herself as Stockly.
Speaking in French, with a weary, barely audible voice and her face blurred out, she greets her family and thanks the Swiss Government ‘for all the efforts they have made’. ‘I am in good health,’ she adds. The video was allegedly recorded on 31 December 2016. It is the third footage released by AQIM since her kidnapping in Mali’s northern city of Timbuktu a year ago.
