It’s been over five months since a pioneering US missionary was kidnapped in Niger.
Jeff Woodke, who worked for Jeunesse en Mission Entraide et Developpement, a branch of the US-based Youth With a Mission, was abducted by unknown assailants in October, from the town of Abalak in northern Niger.
So far, little is known, or at least being divulged, about Woodke’s condition or whereabouts other than that his captors were tracked to neighbouring Mali by Nigerian authorities. No group has publicly claimed responsibility.
