An American missionary, tentatively identified by Christian groups as 50-year-old Kevin Rideout, was kidnapped from Niger’s capital city of Niamey by three unidentified gunmen on Tuesday.
Diplomatic sources said he was taken to the border with Mali, a region that serves as a stronghold for jihadi groups.
India’s Times Now cited local media reports that identified Rideout as a pilot who worked for an evangelical group called Serving In Mission (SIM). He has reportedly been living and performing humanitarian work in Niger since 2010. As of Thursday morning, there has been no official statement from U.S. or Nigerien officials identifying the…
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