Woman kidnapped and publicly executed in Mali for TikTok post

Suspected jihadists in northern Mali kidnapped a young woman who had been posting on TikTok and then publicly executed her, SCMP writes, referring to her family and local officials.

Mariam Cisse posted videos about the city of Tonka in the northern Timbuktu region and had 90,000 followers but her abductors accused her of collaborating with the army.

“My sister was arrested on Thursday by the jihadists,” her brother explained, saying they had accused her of “informing the Malian army of their movements”.

The following day, they took her on a motorbike to Tonka, where she was shot in Independence Square, he said. Local security services confirmed this information.

This crime occurred amid heightened tensions in the region, where terrorist groups have been operating since 2012. The country’s military authorities continue to fight the jihadist threat in cooperation with the armies of Burkina Faso and Niger.