Gunmen have kidnapped two Westerners in the capital of Niger, Niamey, security sources and eyewitnesses say.<\/p>\n
The nationalities of the two men have not been confirmed, but witnesses described them as French.
\nThe witnesses said gunmen burst into a restaurant and forced the two to follow them out of the building. No group has claimed the kidnapping.
\nIn recent years a number of Westerners have been seized in Niger by al-Qaeda’s North African branch.
\nFrance is already working to secure the release of five French hostages seized in September near Arlit in northern Niger, along with a Togolese and a Madagascan.
\nMilitants from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) are believed to be holding them in neighbouring Mali.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gunmen have kidnapped two Westerners in the capital of Niger, Niamey, security sources and eyewitnesses say. The nationalities of the two men have not been confirmed, but witnesses described them as French. The witnesses said gunmen burst into a restaurant and forced the two to follow them out of the building. No group has claimed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n