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| Jocelyn Elliott's husband is still in captivity (Image credits: Reuters) |
An elderly Australian
woman kidnapped by militant Islamists in Burkina Faso has arrived in
Ouagadougou after being freed following mediation by neighbouring Niger.
BBC
Africa Live report continues:
Jocelyn
Elliott, 84, flew into Burkina Faso's capital aboard a Niger
presidential plane, and was accompanied by Niger's foreign minister, Aichatou
Kane Boualama, AFP news agency reports.
She
made no comment on arriving.
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| Mrs Jocelyn Elliott and her doctor husband, Ken Elliot |
Burkina
Faso's Foreign Minister Alpha Barry said no ransom was paid for her release,
and efforts were under way to secure the freedom of her husband Ken
Elliott, an 82-year-old doctor.
The two were abducted
last month near Burkina Faso's border with Niger by gunmen suspected
to be linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
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