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American Jeff Woodke freed after 6 years held hostage in North Africa

Por: New York Daily News World March 20, 2023

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American missionary Jeff Woodke was released Monday after he was held hostage for more than six years across North Africa. Woodke was kidnapped from his home in Abalak, Niger, on Oct. 14, 2016 by an unknown group of armed men who also killed two guards outside the house. Though the U.S. government would not say exactly who held Woodke, his wife, Els, identified the captors as the jihadist group JNIM, which is loyal to al-Qaeda. Jeff Woodke sits... + full article



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