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French journalist, US aid worker freed in West Africa

French journalist Olivier Dubois (left) and US aid worker Jeffery Woodke (second from right) listen to Niger's Interior Minister Hamadou Adamou Souley after they were released in Niamey, Niger on March 20, 2023 [Stringer/Reuters]

A French journalist and an American aid worker who were kidnapped by armed groups in the Sahel region of Africa have been freed after years in captivity, authorities said.

Olivier Dubois, a reporter with France-based publications Liberation and Le Point, and Jeffery Woodke, a Christian humanitarian worker from the United States, arrived at the airport in Niamey in Niger on Monday.

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