After nearly two years of being held captive by militants in Mali, French journalist Olivier Dubois was released alongside US aid worker Jeffery Woodke, who was freed after being held six years
and taken to Niger with U.S. aid worker Jeffery Woodke, who was also freed after being held six years.
"It's huge for me to be here today," Dubois said in Niamey on Monday, smiling as he answered questions from reporters. "I wasn't expecting it at all. I feel tired but I'm well."French hostage journalist Olivier Dubois, who was held hostage in Mali for nearly two years, reacts as he arrives at the Villacoublay airport, in Velizy-Villacoublay, near Paris, France, March 21, 2023.
Those groups have repeatedly declared French citizens in West Africa to be targets since a 2013 military intervention by France drove them back a year earlier.
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