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Two aid workers who had been kidnapped in Niger nearly two years ago have been released and transferred to Libya.
4 articles from 21 October to 22 October 2026 · 🇳🇪 Niger, 🇱🇾 Libya
Eva 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.
Source: Dakaractu
Eva 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 · 14:23
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 · 11:42
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.
🇱🇾 Libya · 09:44
Austrian Eva Gretzmacher and Swiss Claudia Abbt, abducted separately in Agadez in 2025, have been freed and taken to Benghazi, Libya. Their transfer to Austria and Switzerland was to follow the necessary formalities, while Saddam Haftar’s role remains unconfirmed, according to Aïr Info.
🇳🇪 Niger · 23:25
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