American held hostage in Africa is freed -NYT

Jeffery Woodke, an American aid worker abducted by militants more than six years ago in West Africa, has been freed, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing his wife and a senior military official.

Woodke's wife said the United States government had notified her that Woodke had been released from captivity and that he was in Niamey, the capital of Niger, the Times reported.