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Two hostages kidnapped in Burkina Faso found safe and sound in Mali

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A Canadian woman and an Italian man kidnapped by armed men in 2018 in Burkina Faso were found alive Friday in the northeast of Mali.

They are now “in good health under the protection of UN forces”, report AFP news agency.

Edith Blais and Luca Tacchetto, both in their 30s, escaped their captors in the Kidal’s area (West) and were taken to UN mission in Mali, according to a voice message from the head of mission, Mahamat Saleh Annadif.

A UN source said the pair — pictured smiling and wearing white t-shirts at the UN base in Kidal late on Friday — arrived at an airport in Mali’s capital Bamako around midday on Saturday.

The source added they were to be handed over to Mali authorities in the presence of diplomatic staff from their respective countries.

Dressed in Tuareg, the couple had escaped their captors’ surveillance, stopped a vehicle and asked the driver to take them to UN peacekeepers.

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