No group has yet claimed responsibility for the abduction of Eva Gretzmacher, who has lived in the country for more than 20 years;
Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said today, the first time a European citizen is known to have been kidnapped in the conflict-hit West African nation since a military junta took power in 2023.
Residents and local media identified the victim as Eva Gretzmacher and reported she is an aid worker who has lived in Agadez — hundreds of kilometres away from the capital city of Niamey — for more than 20 years." is well known for her social commitment created a skills centre in 2010 that initiated various projects, notably in the fields of education, women's empowerment, ecology, culture, and art," the local Air Info Agadez reported.
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