An Africa-based religious charity says that a German missionary kidnapped a year ago in Mali has been freed by Islamist militants linked to al-Qaeda.
Missionaries for Africa said that Father Hans Joachim Lohre was seized in the capital, Bamako.
No details are known about the circumstances of his release.
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The governments of Germany and Mali have made no comment.
Father Lohre has lived in Mali for 30 years, teaching inter-religious dialogue at a mixed Islamic-Christian institute.
Kidnappings of foreigners frequently occur in Mali, though rarely in the capital.