NIAMEY: Five African aid workers who were kidnapped in Niger in mid-October have been freed alive and a sixth has died from his wounds, the aid groups that employed them said on Saturday.
Five Niger nationals "were freed today and are currently in Niger," while their colleague from Chad has "died from his wounds," Niger's Befen and Chad's Alerte-Sante said in a statement. The groups did not specify how the hostages were freed. (AFP)
