Two European Hostages Taken in Niger in 2025 Freed and Now in Libya

✅ Good news — Flash Radio shares this positive update with you: Eva Gretzmacher and Claudia Abbt, two Europeans kidnapped in the Sahel in 2025, are free, announced a Libyan television channel. The announcement was confirmed on Thursday, October 22, thanks to images of the two former hostages arriving in Benghazi. ⏱️ 1 min read The facts and recent developments. It was through the strongman of eastern Libya, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, that they regained their freedom. The Austrian Eva Gretzmacher had been kidnapped on January 12, 2025, in Agadez, in the north of Niger, where three months later the Swiss-Nigerian Claudia Abbt suffered the same fate. They were likely in the hands of jihadists from the Islamic State group in the Sahel. ⚡ Key points ▸ The Austrian Eva Gretzmacher had been kidnapped on January 12, 2025, in Agadez, in the north of Niger, where three months later the Swiss-Nigerian Claudia Abbt suffered the same fate. ▸ Eva Gretzmacher and Claudia Abbt, two Europeans kidnapped in the Sahel in 2025, are free, announced a Libyan television channel. ▸ It was through the strongman of eastern Libya, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, that they regained their freedom.