<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9"><url><loc>https://fronts.co/article/the-hostage-economy-how-kidnapping-funds-the-sahels-wars/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-27T07:56:29.000Z</lastmod><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Fronts</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-26T14:00:55.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>The Hostage Economy: How Kidnapping Funds the Sahel&apos;s Wars</news:title></news:news></url></urlset>