Jeffery Woodke, an American aid worker held by Islamic extremists in West Africa for more than six years, has been released. A Biden administration official said no ransom was paid and no concession was made to captors.
NIAMEY, Niger — An American aid worker and a French journalist kidnapped and held by Islamist extremists were freed and flown to Niger's capital on Monday, four days after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a visit to the country.
Blinken had visited the region last week and on Thursday spoke to the press in Niger, where he announced $150 million in direct assistance to the Sahel region. Officials in Niger unexpectedly announced Monday morning that the two men had taken a special flight to the country's capital but provided no details. U.S. officials said that the American hostage was not freed in Niger but in the surrounding region that includes Mali, where Dubois was abducted in 2021.
Woodke and Debois were the highest-profile foreigners known to be held in the region, and their release was the largest since a French woman and two Italian men were freed together in Mali in October 2020.“Immense relief for the nation, for his relatives and fellow journalists,” Macron tweeted. "Deep gratitude to Niger for this release.”
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