Source: God Reports, March 22, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After more than six years in captivity in West Africa, longtime American Christian aid worker Jeff Woodke has been released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His wife, Els Woodke, was told Jeff was \u201cin good condition,\u201d according to a statement on a website campaigning for his release. \u201cShe has expressed her profound thanks to the many people in governments and others around the world who have worked so hard to see this result,\u201d the statement said. \u201cShe praises God for answering the prayers of Christians everywhere who have prayed for this outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jeff Woodke was kidnapped from his home in Abalak, northern Niger, on October 14, 2016. His kidnappers, suspected members of a radical Islamic group called Mujao, reportedly took him toward eastern Mali. Since then it appears he has been taken across borders to other nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Christian aid worker was released outside of Niger, in a border area with Mali and Burkina Faso, a US official told The New York Times. He was then moved to Niger\u2019s capital Niamey for medical checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full story<\/a> which includes several links. See also a more recent article from WorldWatch Monitor<\/a> following a March 31 press conference in which Woodke described how he was treated during captivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See also The Sahel: What Does the Future Hold?<\/a> (Lausanne Movement).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: God Reports, March 22, 2023 After more than six years in captivity in West Africa, longtime American Christian aid worker Jeff Woodke has been released. His wife, Els Woodke, was told Jeff was \u201cin good condition,\u201d according to a statement on a website campaigning for his release. \u201cShe has expressed her profound thanks to … Continue reading Niger: US Aid Jeff Woodke Released After Six Years<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11915,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11914\/revisions\/11915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}