The Italian government says three people from the same family who were kidnapped in Mali in May 2022 have been released.
The husband, wife and son – called Rocco Langone, Maria Donata Caivano and Giovanni Langone – were seized from Koutiala, close to the border with Burkina Faso.
It is not yet clear what happened to their Togolese domestic worker who was also abducted.
A group linked to al-Qaeda was reportedly behind the kidnappping.
The Italian couple are Jehovah’s Witnesses and were planning to set up a church.
The government in Rome said despite their long detention, the three freed hostages were in good health and would be repatriated
