Australian woman kidnapped in Burkina Faso is freed

An Australian woman who was kidnapped with her husband in Burkina Faso by an al-Qaeda affiliated group last month has been freed, the President of Niger has said.

President Issoufou said "efforts are intensifying" to secure the release of her husband, who is a doctor.

Jocelyn Elliott and her husband were kidnapped on 15 January in northern Burkina Faso.

The couple ran a medical clinic and had lived in the country since 1972.