Australian Woman Released By Extremists After Kidnapping In Burkina Faso

Australian Jocelyn Elliott has been released by her captors in Burkina Faso after being kidnapped with her husband, Dr Kenneth Elliott, in the west African nation last month.

News Limited reports Niger’s President President Mahamadou Issoufou presented Elliott at a press conference in Niger’s city of Dosso Saturday afternoon. Dr Elliott has yet to be released. 

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull also confirmed her release this morning on ABC’s Insiders, saying “we want to thank the Government of Niger and the Government of Burkina Faso, which of course is where the Elliotts were living when they were kidnapped.”

“We obviously continue to cooperate with those Governments and we thank them for their efforts.”