Mali rebel group frees Spanish national kidnapped in Algeria

Algeria: Abducted Spanish National Freed - President Tebboune Thanks Security Services, Defence Ministry Executives

Algiers -- The president of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on Tuesday thanked the security services and the executives of the National Defence ministry for their efficiency and discretion during the operation to free the abducted Spanish national Gilbert Navarro.

Freed Spanish hostage arrives safely in Algiers

Gilbert Navarro, who was kidnapped in southern Algeria last week, was released after a coalition of separatists in Mali negotiated his release.

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Freed Spanish hostage set to land at Algerian airbase

A plane carrying Spanish hostage Gilbert Navarro, who was kidnapped in North Africa on January 17, was expected to land in Algeria's Boufarik airbase, Algerian state media reported on Tuesday.

The Tuareg separatists announced yesterday that they had handed over the hostage to the Algerian authorities; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that the man is already freeThe Government confirms the kidnapping of a Spanish citizen in North Africa The Government has just reported that the Spaniard who had been kidnapped in North Africa has been released. Sources from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirm that the citizen who was “retain…

The Frente de Liberación del Azawad (FLA), a Tuareg independence group in northern Mali, handed over the Spanish hostage to Algeria.