Mali: Islamists advancing south

Armed Islamist fighters came Saturday morning in the city of Douentza, located in the area porous border between the southern and northern Mali.The field was open from the beginning of the Malian army, there are nearly five months. Arrived in 4 × 4, the armed men of Mujao (Movement for unity and jihad in West Africa), were immediately directed to the base of the Ganda Iso militia, known as "vigilante" who hears protect people. "Around 9 am, a resident who testifies is a camp a hundred yards from the camp Ganda Iso, we have seen move their cars on asphalt (road, Ed). They surrounded the base and entered to disarm the men. "No shots would have been fired. Iso fighters Ganda, forty people have been released after being tied up and helpless. The men were then Mujao established their headquarters in a hotel at the entrance of Douentza. After touring the city part of the day, most of the fighters withdrew, leaving behind enough men to establish a "security apparatus." In the afternoon, a delegation of local notables met men Mujao front of the courthouse a few minutes. "We're going to stay long," told Jeune Afrique head of the Brigade Mujao entry Douentza. Oumar Ould Hamaha proclaims several years membership of AQIM (al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb). It appears also as the Chief of Staff of Mujao and as a military Ansar Dine (Partisans of Islam). He is known for his beard with henna and scorched his extreme fanaticism. In a video released in early August , he said: "There is only one country in the world who practiced Islam, Afghanistan is Taliban for five years. "

An Algerian diplomat executed

The Ministry of Defence, is not expected intervention of the army, whose troops are currently closest folded in the city of Sévaré, 172 kilometers Douentza. "The problem is that we can not do without orderly strategy," says a spokesman. An admission of impotence. Sunday, Mujao announced the execution of an Algerian diplomat held hostage since April 5, in a statement sent to the Mauritanian news agency ANI online . The Vice-Consul Tahar Touati "was executed this morning (Saturday) at dawn", after an ultimatum of eight days. On August 24, a message Mujao Algerian authorities had threatened reprisals if they did not release within five days three jihadists arrested on 15 August, including a leader of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Necib Tayeb said Abderrahmane Abu Ishak Essoufi. In total, seven diplomats Algerian consulate in the city of Gao in northern Mali, were abducted on April 5 by the Mujao. Three of them were released in July.