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Colombian nun held hostage in Mali since 2017 has been freed, presidency says

A Colombian nun who was kidnapped in 2017 by Islamist militants in Mali has been freed, Mali's presidency said on Saturday.

Gloria Cecilia Narvaez was kidnapped by the Macina Liberation Front, an al Qaeda-linked group, in February 2017.

(Reporting by Paul Lorgerie in Bamako, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)

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