A video showing a South African and a Swedish hostage alive in Mali after three years is a sign that their captors are willing to negotiate, the founder of a South African humanitarian organisation has said.
Gift of the Givers, a South African humanitarian organisation, has begun efforts to negotiate the freedom of Stephen Malcolm McGowan and Johan Gustafsson. Last month a video was posted online showing Gustafsson and McGowan appealing to their governments to negotiate for their freedom.