两名女性——一名瑞士人和一名奥地利人——在尼日尔被扣押一年多后获释，并被移交给利比亚城市班加西的当局。
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.
奥地利公民、76岁的伊娃·格雷茨马赫和瑞士公民、69岁的克劳迪娅·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。
Austrian national Eva Gretzmacher, 76, and Swiss Claudia Abbt, 69, were kidnapped separately in the northern Nigerien city of Agadez in January and April last year.
目前没有关于扣押者身份或其要求的详细信息，尽管此前一些报道将这起绑架与“伊斯兰国”武装分子联系起来。她们获释的具体情况也未披露。奥地利和瑞士政府均已证实本国公民获释。
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. The Austrian and Swiss governments have both confirmed the release of their citizens.
瑞士政府表示，阿布特已获自由，正在返回瑞士途中；奥地利则表示，格雷茨马赫是在“密集的外交努力”后获释的。
The Swiss government said Abbt was free and on her way back to Switzerland, while Austria said Gretzmacher had been released after "intensive diplomatic efforts".
奥地利外长贝阿特·迈因尔-赖辛格在一份声明中说：“伊娃·格在超过21个月后重获自由，我们都深感宽慰……数月来，我们与地区、欧洲及国际伙伴密切、谨慎并以互信的精神开展合作。这些共同努力取得了成效。”
"We are all very relieved that Eva G. is free again after more than 21 months... For many months, we worked closely, discreetly, and in a spirit of trust with our regional, European, and international partners. These joint efforts have paid off," Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger said in a statement.
瑞士外交部表示，瑞士联邦政府官员已在班加西与阿布特会面，她已接受医疗照护。声明还说：“在目前情况下，她状况良好，正在返回瑞士途中。”
The Swiss foreign ministry said the country's federal administration officials had met Abbt in Benghazi and she had received medical care. "She is doing well under the circumstances and is currently on her way back to Switzerland," it added.
联邦委员伊尼亚齐奥·卡西斯感谢参与阿布特获释的相关人员，并表示他“对[她]在一年半多后重获自由感到宽慰”。
Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis thanked those involved in Abbt's release, adding that he was "relieved that [she] is free again after more than a year and a half".
瑞士政府表示，在绑架事件曝光后，已成立一个特别工作组，成员包括外交部门、警方及其他机构。瑞士政府还说，瑞士从一开始就与奥地利保持着定期联系。
The government said it had established a task force - including the foreign affairs department, police and other agencies - after the kidnapping became known. It added that Switzerland had maintained regular contact with Austria from the outset.
此前有报道称，利比亚官员表示，在完成必要程序后，这两名女性将被移交给各自国家的当局。
Earlier, Libyan officials were reported as saying the women would be handed over to authorities in their respective countries after necessary procedures were completed.
利比亚的al-Masar电视台播放了这两名女性的画面：她们似乎被送上了救护车，随后由医护人员进行了照料。
Libya's al-Masar TV showed the two women entering what looks like an ambulance and later being attended to by a health worker.
这两名女性用法语表示感谢，感谢利比亚东部的军事指挥官哈利法·哈夫塔尔（Khalifa Haftar）及其儿子萨达姆·哈夫塔尔（Saddam Haftar）让她们获释。
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（Gretzmacher）曾是一名援助工作者，在尼日尔生活了多年；而阿布特（Abbt）则在阿加德兹（Agadez）担任社区工作者多年。
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.
据私营新闻机构Air Info Agadez报道，一架飞机预计将于周四从班加西起飞，首先在维也纳停留，将格雷茨马赫移交给奥地利当局，然后再与阿布特一同前往瑞士。
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.
自2011年北约支持的起义推翻长期执政的穆阿迈尔·卡扎菲（Muammar Gaddafi）以来，利比亚一直未能从混乱中恢复过来。该国目前处于分裂状态：东部由哈夫塔尔领导的政府控制，西部则由总理阿卜杜勒哈米德·德贝巴（Abdulhamid Dbeibah）领导的政府管辖。
Libya has struggled to recover from the chaos that followed the 2011 Nato-backed uprising that toppled long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi. 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.
在卡扎菲统治时期，许多来自马里和尼日尔的图阿雷格族人被招募加入效忠他的武装组织；卡扎菲被推翻后，许多人回到了自己的国家。分析人士指出，这是导致萨赫勒地区局势动荡的重要原因之一。
Under Gaddafi, many ethnic Tuaregs from Mali and Niger were recruited to join armed groups loyal to him in Libya. After he was killed, many went home. Analysts say this has been a major factor in the spread of instability in the Sahel region.
尼日尔及其邻国多年来一直遭受圣战分子的暴力袭击，包括绑架和致命袭击，这些袭击是由与基地组织（al-Qaeda）和伊斯兰国（Islamic State）有关联的武装组织实施的。
Niger and its neighbours 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年以来，尼日尔一直处于军事控制之下——当时阿卜杜拉赫曼·奇亚尼（Abdourahmane Tchiani）将军推翻了该国民选总统穆罕默德·巴祖姆（Mohamed Bazoum）。欲了解更多关于非洲大陆的新闻，请访问……
The country has been under military control since 2023 when Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani deposed the country's elected President, Mohamed Bazoum. Go to for more news from the African continent.