NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger’s Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian foreign ministry said on Sunday, the first time a European citizen ...

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger’s Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian foreign ministry said on Sunday, the first time a European citizen is known to have been ...

Local media outlet Air-Info Agadez identified the individual as a 73-year-old who has lived in Agadez, some 900 kilometers (560 miles) away from the capital city of Niamey, for more than 20 years.

It confirmed the incident to AFP and said they were aware of the "possible kidnapping of an Austrian woman" in Agadez which is 900 km (559 miles) from the capital Niamey. The woman was reportedly ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Gunmen have kidnapped an Austrian woman in Niger's Agadez city. The Austrian Foreign Ministry said its embassy had learned of the abduction of the Austrian national and was ...