American missionary pilot Kevin Rideout is released from captivity and is expected to return to the United States, according to reporting from U.S. and other outlets. Rideout, 50, was abducted in Niger last fall and has been a focus of efforts by U.S. officials.
Rideout was taken in October outside his home in Niamey, Niger’s capital, while working with an evangelical group. The New York Times reports that the release has been a priority for the White House, while the Daily Mail describes his kidnapping and planned return to the U.S. Both accounts treat the release as a significant development following the earlier abduction, but they provide limited additional detail in the excerpts about the circumstances of the release or the group holding him.
