Ten things I learnt that helped me survive as an al-Qaeda hostage
21 October 2019 - 08:00
By Alex Patrick
Image: Stephen McGown Speaker via Facebook Stephen McGowns now a farmer and speaker after being captured by Al-Qaeda and spending almost six years in the desert in Mali.
In 2011, banker Stephen McGown set off for a six-month motorbike trip through Africa. He returned home six years later a very different man.
He describes what kept him alive during the five years and eight months he was held prisoner by al-Qaeda in Mali.
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