english: The security and stability of the west African region was also on the mind of bloggers when AQIM made headlines repeatedly by taking hostages in Mali and killing Michel Germaneau in July and again capturing several employees of AREVA hostages in Niger later that year.
non_english: De veiligheid en stabiliteit van West-Afrika hield bloggers ook bezig toen AWIM herhaaldelijk in het nieuws kwam door in juli mensen te gijzelen in Mali en Michel Germaneau te doden en later dat jaar verschillende werknemers van AREVA te gijzelen in Niger .