{"id":282158,"date":"2011-02-25T17:22:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T17:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/25\/3-hostages-released-in-niger\/"},"modified":"2011-02-25T17:22:53","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T17:22:53","slug":"3-hostages-released-in-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/25\/3-hostages-released-in-niger\/","title":{"rendered":"3 hostages released in Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"53.4890965732\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link --><br \/>\n       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"31\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>The three were abducted on September 16<\/li>\n<li>Four other French nationals are still being held in North Africa<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Three hostages who were abducted in Niger in September have been released, the French president&#8217;s office said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The three were among a group of seven people abducted on September 16 in Arlit, a city in central Niger. They were freed on Thursday, the president&#8217;s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Fran\u00e7oise Larribe, Jean-Claude Rakotorilalao and Alex Awando are from France, Madagascar and  Togo, respectively, according to Agence France Presse.<\/p>\n<p>They are all in good health, the statement from the president&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The president rejoices with the families and thanks&#8221; authorities in Niger and others &#8220;who participated in the release, especially the companies Areva and Vinci Satom,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Four French nationals are still being held in the Sahel region of North Africa.<\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><!-- \/cnn_strycntntrgt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/zXkF3TLHGCY\/index.html\" title=\"3 hostages released in Niger\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 hostages released in Niger<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> STORY HIGHLIGHTS The three were abducted on September 16 Four other French nationals are still being held in North Africa (CNN) &#8212; Three hostages who were abducted in Niger in September have been released, the French president&#8217;s office said Friday. The three were among a group of seven people abducted on September 16 in Arlit, a city in central Niger<\/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-282158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>3 hostages released in Niger - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/25\/3-hostages-released-in-niger\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"3 hostages released in Niger - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"STORY HIGHLIGHTS The three were abducted on September 16 Four other French nationals are still being held in North Africa (CNN) -- Three hostages who were abducted in Niger in September have been released, the French president&#039;s office said Friday. 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