Germany news: German kidnapped in Niger released — Algeria
08/09/2026 August 9, 2026 German national kidnapped in Niger freed — Algeria Algeria said on Saturday that a German citizen kidnapped by an armed criminal
08/09/2026 August 9, 2026 German national kidnapped in Niger freed — Algeria Algeria said on Saturday that a German citizen kidnapped by an armed criminal group some two weeks ago in neighboring Niger was safe and in the hands of the Algerian military. The German national was taken in charge by the Algerian army's security services on Friday, according to a statement from the Defense Ministry shared on the official Algerian news agency.
He has now been taken on a special flight from Guezzam in the far south to the Boufarik military base near the capital Algiers, it said, adding that he was in "good health" and would be handed to German authorities "at a later date." No details were provided on how the German national was freed.
A spokesperson for Germany's Foreign Office confirmed to the German DPA news agency that the federal government was aware of the case. Niger, which has been under military
rule since a July 2023 coup, has in the past few years been wracked by violence from jihadis linked to the al-Qaeda or the "Islamic State" (IS) terrorist groups.
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