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| Jocelyn Elliott's husband is still in captivity |
An elderly Australian woman kidnapped by militant Islamists in Burkina Faso has arrived in Ouagadougou after being freed following mediation by neighbouring Niger.
Jocelyn Elliott, 84, flew into Burkina Faso's capital aboard a Niger presidential plane, and was accompanied by Niger's foreign minister, Aichatou Kane Boualama, AFP news agency reports.
She made no comment on arriving.
Burkina Faso's Foreign Minister Alpha Barry said no ransom was paid for her release, and efforts were under way to secure the freedom of her husband Ken Elliott, an 82-year-old doctor.
The two were abducted last month near Burkina Faso's border with Niger by gunmen suspected to be linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
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