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U.S. aid worker and French journalist freed after years in captivity in West Africa

Jeff Woodke, an American missionary and humanitarian aid worker, was kidnapped by militants in 2016. Olivier Dubois, who was a correspondent for French news outlets, was kidnapped in 2021.

WEKU

FBI offer $20,000 reward for American grandmother kidnapped at Mexico retirement home

Maria del Carmen Lopez, 63, was kidnapped on 9 February

The Independent UK

Emotional scenes as kidnapped journalist arrives back in France

French journalist Olivier Dubois made an emotional return home on Tuesday following nearly two years in captivity in the Sahel. He was met by family members and President Emmanuel Macron on the tarmac of Villacoublay air base outside Paris.

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US aid worker and French journalist freed after years held hostage in Africa

Jeffery Woodke and Olivier Dubois, who had been kidnapped by jihadists in the Sahel, were released in Niger

The Guardian - US

French journalist, US aid worker freed in West Africa

Reporter Olivier Dubois had been held by armed groups since 2021, while Jeffery Woodke was kidnapped in 2016.

Al Jazeera

US aid worker kidnapped in Niger released after 6 years

The Biden administration says an American aid worker who was kidnapped in Niger six years ago has been released from custody

The Independent UK

Red Cross says two employees kidnapped in Mali have been freed unharmed

Two employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) kidnapped in Mali earlier this month have been freed unharmed and unconditionally, the organisation said on Monday.

Reuters

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2nd Vatican official says pope OK'd ransom payments for nun

A second high-ranking Vatican official has said Pope Francis authorized spending hundreds of thousands of euros in ransom payments to try to free a nun who was kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali

The Independent UK

Mum-of-seven kidnapped in Mexico as neighbours hear her pleading with masked men

The FBI is offering a reward for information following the kidnapping of US citizen, Maria del Carmen Lopez, who was taken from her retirement home in Mexico and was heard pleading with masked men

Daily Mirror

ITV Emmerdale star Roxy Shahidi refused bosses filming request as Leyla's fate revealed

The actress has been back in the thick of the action in the ITV soap after Leyla Cavanagh was kidnapped

Manchester Evening News

Pair jailed after mechanic was kidnapped and attacked with machete and claw hammer

Kenneth Ingham and Stephen Cardella bundled the victim into a car before the former struck him with the weapons, severing a muscle in his arm and fracturing his jaw

Chronicle Live

Kidnapped woman escapes closet she was locked in for two months

Police says victim was provided very limited food and no bathroom facilities

The Independent UK

Emmerdale's Leyla Harding set for tragic death as Callum's kidnap plot backfires

Emmerdale's Leyla Harding is in grave danger after being kidnapped by Callum and fans are desperate to learn how she'll find a way out of the terrifying situation

Daily Mirror

Emmerdale fans distracted by major road blunder as Leyla kidnapped in horror scenes

ITV fans at home were nonplussed as to why nobody nearby came to Leyla's aid, after she ran into Callum on a night out on Emmerdale

Daily Mirror

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Thousands of Spring Breakers ignore advice to avoid Mexico after drug cartel kidnappings

Spring Breakers ignored US government warnings in almost every state of Mexico after it was place under a "do not travel" risk after four Americans were kidnapped whilst driving from South Carolina

The Independent UK

Mexican president says his country safer than United States

Mexico's president has claimed that his country is safer than the United States, a week after two U.S. citizens were killed and two kidnapped in the border city of Matamoros

Radio France Internationale

Has the French government forgotten Mali hostage Olivier Dubois?

French journalist Olivier Dubois was taken hostage in Mali nearly two years ago. His family and support group regularly contact the French authorities and try to raise public awareness, but as time passes, they fear negotiations for his release have stagnated.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemeni Negotiations to Exchange Detainees Begin in Geneva Under UN Auspices

A new round of Yemeni negotiations kicked off in Geneva Saturday under the auspices of the United Nations to reach an agreement between the legitimate government and the Houthi militias to release prisoners and detainees. Amid hope that the 11-day discussions will lead to an agreement and release of more…

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Daily Mirror

Three women missing while travelling to Mexico after four US tourists kidnapped last week

Maritza Trinidad Perez Rios, 47; her sister Marina Perez Rios, 48; and their friend, Dora Alicia Cervantes Saenz, 53, haven't been heard of for about two weeks

Evening Standard

Girl, 8, kidnapped from Washington mall in 2018 found alive in Mexico

Aranza Maria Ochoa Lopez was four-years-old when she was last seen on a supervised visit with her biological mother at the mall

Daily Mirror

Girl, 8, who disappeared from shopping mall finally found in Mexico five years later

Aranza Maria Ochoa Lopez was on a supervised visit with her biological mum at a mall in Vancouver, Washington, US, when the mother kidnapped the child and disappeared

WEKU

The bodies of 2 Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico have been returned to the U.S.

Their companions are recovering in a U.S. hospital. So far, only one arrest has been made in relation to the kidnapping.

Los Angeles Times

After the kidnapping of 4 Americans, Mexico's president blasts US demand for drugs

MEXICO CITY — As investigators continued their search for the gunmen who kidnapped four Americans in the border city of Matamoros last week, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador lashed out at Republican U.S. lawmakers who have proposed sending troops into Mexico, telling them that the United States should concentrate…

The Independent UK

Girl, 8, kidnapped from Washington state mall in 2018 found alive in Mexico

Aranza Maria Ochoa Lopez found in Michoacán, Mexico, in February and returned to US

Daily Mirror

Friend of kidnapped Americans shares how she narrowly avoided Mexico ordeal

Cheryl Orange, a friend of Latavia McGee, Eric Williams, Zindell Brown, and Shaeed Woodard who were kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico, described how she dodged the ordeal

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