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Hollande's office: French hostage in Nigeria freed

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A French hostage has been freed almost a year after he was kidnapped in Nigeria, President Francois Hollande's office said in a statement on Sunday.

 

Francis Collomp was seized by around 30 gunmen who stormed his compound on December 19, 2012 in the remote northern Nigerian town of Rimi, close to the Niger border where al-Qaeda's North African wing operates. (Reuters)

 

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