The German foreign ministry in Berlin has confirmed that two German engineers kidnapped five weeks ago in Nigeria have been released.
A ministry spokesman said the men were receiving medical attention and were well considering DW boss voices concern about press freedoms ...
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Nigeria rebels attack Shell oil pipeline ... the circumstances. The Nigerian militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), said it had rescued the two construction engineers from another rebel group holding them hostage. The two Germans were working for a subsidiary of Bilfinger Berger when they were seized last month in the oil-rich Niger Delta by unidentified gunmen.
(Deutsche Welle)
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