![](http://boisechronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/floppy-disk-wall-1210x642.jpg)
American Held Hostage in Africa Is Freed
Jeffery Woodke, an aid worker abducted in Niger by militants, was released after more than six years in captivity. A second hostage was also released: Olivier Dubois, a French journalist who disappeared in April 2021.