{
  "id": 16069668,
  "title": "Two European women held captive for more than a year in Niger freed in Libya",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/two-european-women-held-captive-for-more-than-a-year-in-niger-freed-16069668",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T15:26:17.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/two-european-women-held-captive-for-more-than-a-year-in-niger-freed-in-libya/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two women – a Swiss and an Austrian – have been freed after more than a year in captivity in Niger and handed over to authorities in the Libyan city of Benghazi. Swiss national Eva Gretzmacher, 76, and Austrian Claudia Abbt, 69, were kidnapped separately in the northern Nigerien city of Agadez in January and [...] The post Two European women held captive for more than a year in Niger freed in…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}