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Malian official: Politician Cisse, French aid worker freed

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BAMAKO – Islamic extremists have freed prominent Malian politician Soumaila Cisse after holding him hostage for more than six months, as well as a French aid worker who was kidnapped in 2016, a Malian official said Tuesday.The 70-year-old Cisse boarded a plane in northern Mali along with Sophie Petronin, the official said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to journalists.

The flight departing from Tessalit was headed to Gao and then the capital, Bamako.There was no immediate comment from the French or Malian governments.Speculation about a prisoner exchange had heightened in recent days after the government freed about 180 Islamic extremists over the weekend and put them on a plane to the north.

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