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An American missionary, Kevin Rideout, kidnapped outside Niamey, Niger, last October, has been released and is in FBI custody in good health, according to SIM International; the circumstances of his release and his captors remain unclear.
Kevin Rideout, an American missionary with SIM International, was kidnapped outside Niamey in October 2025 and held for nine months by unidentified captors in Niger. He has been released to U.S. officials and is in good health, with a reunion with his family expected soon; the FBI did not comment, and it remains unclear who was holding him. The case comes amid ongoing militant activity along Niger's borders.