BAMAKA, 09 Oct. - (ANA) - Four people abducted and detained in Mali have been released by their hostage-takers, officials have confirmed. 

 

One of them, the 75-year-old French charity worker Sophie Petronin who was seized in 2016, was the last French citizen to be held hostage anywhere in the world. 

 

Ex-Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cisse and two Italian nationals were also released.  - (ANA) -

 

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