Son of Mali hostage Sophie Pétronin expects more from France A week ago, Frenchman Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin headed to the Sahel region in West Africa with the hope of obtaining his mother's release. She was running a charity helping orphans when she was kidnapped by armed men in Gao, northern Mali, in December 2016. No group claimed responsibility for kidnapping until July 2017, when Al-Qaeda's Mali branch released a video showing her. In a interview with AFPTV, he says the French state "isn't doing enough". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES