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German aid worker freed after kidnapping in Niger four years ago

German aid worker freed after kidnapping in Niger four years ago

63-year-old Joerg Lange’s employer, humanitarian organisation Help, did not say how release secured

A 63-year-old German aid worker, Joerg Lange, has been freed more than four years after he was kidnapped in western Niger near the Malian border, his employer, humanitarian organisation Help, said in a statement on Saturday.

Armed men on motorcycles kidnapped Lange in April 2018 near the Nigerien town of Inates in borderlands where militant groups, some with links to al-Qaida and Islamic State, have carried out frequent attacks for years.

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