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Priest, held by Islamist extremists for two years, freed in Mali

  October 9, 2020 Niger Catholics, hostage, Islamic extremism, Italian, Kidnapping, Mali, priest
Italian priest Pier Luigi Maccalli, freed in Mali, worked in SW Niger till his kidnap in Sep 2018
An Italian priest abducted two years ago in Niger, close to the border with Burkina Faso, is among four hostages held by Islamist extremists who’ve been freed and flown to the capital of Mali, Bamako. The new Malian transitional government met the hostages, after Malian authorities freed scores of suspected . . . Read More

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