A Spanish tourist was abducted on Wednesday, January 15, in southern Algeria by armed terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS).

Algerian authorities on Wednesday handed over freed Spanish hostage Gilbert Navarro to Spanish officials in a ceremony at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Algiers.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria last week. The Azawad Liberation Front, or FLA, a coalition of separatist armed groups in Mali’s predominately Tuareg north, said on X that it freed Spanish citizen Gilbert Navarro.

Algeria plays a prominent role in counterterrorism and ensuring everyone’s security, the Spanish government said. Spain praised Algeria’s contribution to liberating its national Navarro Canada Joachim and noted that Algeria has a long record in such humanitarian positions.

Released Spanish hostage Navaro Canada Joaquim, right, who was abducted in southern Algeria on Jan.14, 2025, Spanish ambassador to Algeria Fernando Moran Calvo-Sotelo, left, and Algeria's Secretary General Lounes Magramane,

ALGIERS/BAMAKO - A plane carrying Spanish hostage Gilbert Navarro, who was kidnapped in North Africa on Jan. 17, was expected to land in Algeria's Boufarik air base, Algerian state media reported on Tuesday.

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MADRID (AP) — Spain’s foreign ministry says that a Spanish man has ... Spanish state news agency EFE and newspaper El País both report that the man was captured in southern Algeria and then taken into Mali by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara.

Mali, after being released this week. Gilbert was reported kidnapped in southern Algeria last week. (Front de Liberation de Azawad via AP)

Spain’s Foreign Ministry said last week that a Spanish man had been kidnapped in an unspecified northern African country. Spanish media reported that the man was captured in southern Algeria and ...

Algeria's move came in retaliation after Spain in March publicly recognised Morocco's autonomy plan for the disputed territory, helping end a year-long diplomatic spat between the two kingdoms.

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