WASHINGTON — An American aid worker abducted by militants more than six years ago in West Africa has been freed, his wife and a senior military official said on Monday, but the circumstances of his release were not immediately clear. The aid worker, Jeffery Woodke, was kidnapped in Niger in October 2016 and then was […]
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Dozens of Women and Girls Kidnapped by Extremists Are Freed in Burkina Faso
DAKAR, Senegal — More than 60 women and girls who had been abducted last week in the West African nation of Burkina Faso were freed on Friday, the national broadcaster said. The kidnappings took place outside two villages near the northern city of Arbinda as the women were foraging for wild fruits and leaves. But […]