 And Mali's presidency says a Colombian nun who was kidnapped in 2017 by Islamist militants has been freed. Gloria Cecilia Naviz was kidnapped by the Messina Liberation Front and Al Qaeda-linked group in February 2017 near the border with Burkina Faso. Naviz was seen smiling and dressed in a yellow robe and headscarf, meeting with Mali's interim president, Assimi Goyta. Naviz's freedom followed petitions for help from France, said Colombia's vice president and foreign minister, Marta Lucia Ramirez.