American hostage Jeffery Woodke, kidnapped in Niger in 2016, is free

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American hostage Jeffery Woodke, kidnapped in Niger in 2016, is free

American humanitarian Jeffery Woodke, kidnapped in October 2016 in Niger, arrived free Monday at Niamey airport, alongside French journalist Olivier Dubois, also released after nearly two years of captivity, noted an AFP journalist .

Christian humanitarian who came to the aid of nomadic populations with an NGO in Abalak in Niger, Jeffery Woodke was kidnapped on October 14, 2016. by jihadist groups and taken to Mali according to Nigerien security sources.

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