瑞士籍的埃娃·格雷茨马赫（Eva Gretzmacher，76岁）和奥地利籍的克劳迪娅·阿布特（Claudia Abbt，69岁）在获释后，已被移交给利比亚东部城市班加西的当局。
Christoph Greztmacher Eva Greztmacher, 76, had spent many years in Niger as an aid worker Basillioh Rukanga 7 minutes ago Two women - a Swiss and an Austrian – have been freed after more than a year in captivity in Niger and handed over to authorities in the Libyan city of Benghazi.
格雷茨马赫和阿布特分别于去年1月和4月在尼日尔北部城市阿加德兹被绑架。
Swiss national Eva Gretzmacher, 76, and Austrian Claudia Abbt, 69, were kidnapped separately in the northern Nigerien city of Agadez in January and April last year.
目前未披露扣押者身份及其要求，尽管此前有报道将绑架案与“伊斯兰国”武装分子联系起来。获释的具体情况也未对外公布。
No details have been given about who was holding them or their demands, although some reports have previously linked the kidnapping to Islamic State militants. The circumstances of their release were not disclosed.
据报道，利比亚官员表示，在完成必要程序后，这两名女子将被移交给各自国家的当局。
Libyan officials were reported as saying the women would be handed over to authorities in their respective countries after necessary procedures were completed.
利比亚“马萨尔电视台”（al-Masar TV）播放了两名女子进入一辆疑似救护车、随后接受医护人员照料的画面。
Libya's al-Masar TV showed the two women entering what looks like an ambulance and later being attended to by a health worker.
两名女子用法语感谢了利比亚东部军事指挥官哈夫塔尔（Khalifa Haftar）及其儿子萨达姆·哈夫塔尔（Saddam Haftar）促成她们获释。
Speaking in French, the women thanked Khalifa Haftar, military commander of eastern Libya, and his son, Saddam Haftar, for their release.
格雷茨马赫是一名援助工作者，在尼日尔生活多年；阿布特则在阿加德兹生活和从事社区工作数年。
Gretzmacher was an aid worker who had lived for many years in Niger, while Abbt had spent several years living and working as a community worker in Agadez.
私营媒体“阿加德兹航空资讯”（Air Info Agadez）报道称，一架飞机预计于周四从班加西起飞，先停靠维也纳将格雷茨马赫移交奥地利当局，随后继续飞往瑞士移交阿布特。
A plane was expected to leave Benghazi on Thursday, first stopping in Vienna to transfer Gretzmacher to Austrian authorities before continuing to Switzerland with Abbt, privately owned Air Info Agadez news outlet reported.
2011年北约支持的起义推翻长期统治者卡扎菲（Muammar Gaddafi）后，利比亚陷入混乱，至今难以恢复。
Libya has struggled to recover from the chaos that followed the 2011 Nato-backed uprising that toppled long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
利比亚目前分裂为两个政权：东部由哈夫塔尔支持的政权，以及西部首都的黎波里由总理德贝巴（Abdulhamid Dbeibah）领导的政权。
It is split between two administrations - one in the east backed by Haftar, and the other in the west in the capital Tripoli, led by Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah.
尼日尔及更广泛的萨赫勒地区多年来面临圣战暴力，包括由不同组织实施的绑架和致命袭击，这些组织分别与“基地”组织和“伊斯兰国”有关联。
Niger and the broader Sahel region have faced years of jihadist violence, including kidnappings and deadly attacks, carried out by different groups linked to al-Qaeda and Islamic State.
自2023年阿卜杜拉曼·奇亚尼将军（Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani）废黜该国民选总统穆罕默德·巴祖姆（Mohamed Bazoum）以来，该国一直处于军事管制之下。
The country has been under military control since 2023 when Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani deposed the country's elected President, Mohamed Bazoum.