BAMAKO, Mali -- A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria last week. The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a coalition of separatist armed groups in Mali's predominately Tuareg north, said on the social media platform X that it freed Spanish citizen Gilbert Navarro.

Algeria plays a prominent role in counterterrorism and ensuring everyone’s security, the Spanish government said. Spain praised Algeria’s contribution to liberating its national Navarro Canada Joachim and noted that Algeria has a long record in such humanitarian positions.

Algerian authorities on Wednesday handed over freed Spanish hostage Gilbert Navarro to Spanish officials in a ceremony at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Algiers.

Released Spanish hostage Navaro Canada Joaquim, right, who was abducted in southern Algeria on Jan.14, 2025, Spanish ambassador to Algeria Fernando Moran Calvo-Sotelo, left, and Algeria's Secretary General Lounes Magramane,

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria last week. The Azawad Liberation Front, or FLA, a coalition of separatist armed groups in Mali’s predominately Tuareg north, said on X that it freed Spanish citizen Gilbert Navarro.

ALGIERS/BAMAKO - A plane carrying Spanish hostage Gilbert Navarro, who was kidnapped in North Africa on Jan. 17, was expected to land in Algeria's Boufarik air base, Algerian state media reported on Tuesday.

Algeria's move came in retaliation after Spain in March publicly recognised Morocco's autonomy plan for the disputed territory, helping end a year-long diplomatic spat between the two kingdoms.

A Spanish tourist was abducted on Wednesday, January 15, in southern Algeria by armed terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS).

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s foreign ministry says that a Spanish man has ... Spanish state news agency EFE and newspaper El País both report that the man was captured in southern Algeria and then taken into Mali by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara.

The turbulent relationship between France and its former colony Algeria has hit an all-time low, with the two countries accusing one another of humiliation and wilfully inflaming tensions.

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