A Colombian nun kidnapped by Islamists in Mali four years ago has been freed.
Gloria Cecilia Narváez was taken hostage in 2017 while working as a missionary in Koutiala, about 400 kilometres east of the capital Bamako.
Photos posted by the Malian presidency on Saturday showed the Franciscan nun meeting with interim president Assimi Goita, dressed in yellow robes and a headscarf.
It is not clear whether a ransom was paid to secure her release.
A statement released by the president’s office said her release came after more than four-and-a-half years of “combined effort of several intelligences services”.
It also praised Sister Gloria’s “courage and bravery”.
