Niger Credited With Negotiating Release of US Aid Worker, French Journalist

The gov­ern­ment of Niger says it nego­ti­at­ed the release of a U.S. aid work­er and a French jour­nal­ist who were held cap­tive by Islamist mil­i­tants in the Sahel region. Aid work­er and mis­sion­ary Jef­fery Wood­ke was held for more than six years, while reporter Olivi­er Dubois spent near­ly two years in cap­tiv­i­ty. Kid­nap­pings in the…