Video of Japanese Nusra Front hostage Jumpei Yasuda surfaces

A video surfaced on 17 March, appearing to show a missing Japanese journalist, reportedly held by an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, reading a message to his family and country. Hello, I am Jumpet Yasuda. Today is my birthday, 16 March, the bearded man, who appears to be the Japanese freelance journalist of that name, says on the video, posted on Facebook. Mar 17, 2016

Ivory Coast shooting: CCTV video shows moment of attack

Hotel security camera video captured scenes of an al Qaeda attack on a beach resort town in Ivory Coast on 13 March. Gunmen from al Qaedas North African branch killed 18 people at Grand Bassam, the latest in a string of deadly attacks that have confirmed the Islamists growing reach in West Africa. Mar 15, 2016