Next Media: French hostage escapes after almost a year in captivity in Nigeria

  • 6 years ago
A French engineer held hostage by Islamist militants in northern Nigeria for almost a year escaped his kidnappers on Saturday. According to reports, the 63-year-old hostage, Francis Collomp, working for renewable energy firm Vergnet, was kidnapped last December by the Islamist group Ansaru. — Reuters

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