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Australian doctor freed from captivity in West Africa

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France 24

An 88-year-old Australian doctor, Kenneth Elliott, has been freed from seven years' captivity in West Africa, the Australian government said Friday (May 19). Elliott and his wife were abducted by Al Qaeda-linked jihadists in Burkina Faso in January 2016.