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U.S. aid worker and French journalist freed after being held hostage for years

U.S. aid worker Jeff Woodke and French journalist Olivier Dubois arrive at Niamey airport after they were released following years of being held hostage. Woodke was abducted from his home in 2016 by an ISIS-connected group and Dubois was taken in Mali’s northern city of Gao in 2021 by a jihadist alliance in the Sahel region.
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