By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Africanews
A Swiss woman and an Austrian woman, held for more than a year in Niger, have been released and arrived in Benghazi, in eastern Libya. The two women thanked Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and his son for their release, Africanews reports.
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Two aid workers who had been kidnapped in Niger nearly two years ago have been released and transferred to Libya.
22 OctTwo aid workers kidnapped in Niger in 2025 freed and arrive in Benghazi22 OctTwo aid workers abducted in Niger freed after nearly two years
21 OctTwo hostages abducted in Agadez freed and taken to LibyaEva Gretzmacher, an Austrian kidnapped in Agadez on 12 January 2025, and Claudia Abbt, a Swiss-Nigerien kidnapped three months later, have been released and arrived in Benghazi. Their release, announced by a Libyan channel and confirmed by footage on 22 October, was reportedly secured through Khalifa Haftar, according to the outlet reporting the information.
🇳🇪 Niger · Source: Dakaractu ·
Humanitarian workers Eva Gretzmacher, an Austrian national, and Claudia Abbt, a Swiss national, have been released after nearly two years in captivity following their separate abductions in Agadez, Niger. They arrived in Benghazi, Libya, before being transferred to Austria and Switzerland, according to Fides, citing Air Info.
🇳🇪 Niger · Source: Fides ·
The eastern Libyan parliament controlled by Khalifa Haftar ratified a maritime delimitation agreement between Libya and Turkey on 20 October. The text revives rivalries in the eastern Mediterranean by disregarding the claims of Greece and Egypt, according to RFI.
🇱🇾 Libya · Source: RFI ·
The director-general of the Libyan Development and Reconstruction Fund, Belgasem Khalifa Haftar, received a Chinese delegation to discuss infrastructure, reconstruction and investment projects. The meeting aims to deepen bilateral cooperation and mobilise Chinese expertise in priority sectors, according to the Libyan Development and Reconstruction Fund.
🇱🇾 Libya · Source: Libya Herald ·
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