According to the local news site Air-Info, it concerns a 73-year-old woman. Under threat of weapons, the armed kidnappers allegedly forced her guard to open the door to her residence on Saturday evening. The kidnappers allegedly forced the woman into a vehicle and did not take any belongings.
The woman is said to have lived in the city in northern Niger for 28 years and in 2010, she opened a center focusing on education, health, women's empowerment, ecology, culture, and art. As early as 2021, she was exposed to threats of kidnapping, writes the news site.
Austria's embassy in Algeria, which is responsible for Niger, states that they have contact with partner countries, an EU delegation on site, and regional authorities.
The authorities in Agadez have declined to comment.
