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In a vast swathe of Africa and the Middle East, people-smuggling and kidnapping is being driven by deeply destabilizing forces. Taking us deep into the inner circle of al-Qaeda, this is the extraordinary story of Johan Gustafsson, who survived six years held for ransom in a prison deep in the Sahara, at the mercy of the extremist group.

Sahara Prison is a 2022 documentary with a runtime of 58 minutes.