CCI SPECIAL ADVISORY
AQIM Threat in Mali
SUMMARY:
1. CCI assesses a significantly increased threat of kidnapping and other terrorist attacks against missionaries and faith-based workers in Mali from AQIM.
2. CCI believes that this threat is especially acute in and around Koutiala.
3. CCI recommends that agencies with expatriate personnel in the Koutiala area give immediate consideration to withdrawing those personnel, at least temporarily.
4. CCI recommends that agencies with expatriate personnel in Mali conduct an immediate evaluation of their current security capacity and give careful consideration to enhanced security measures.