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Dutch Hostage Arrives in Mali Capital, Reunited With Wife

A Dutch man freed in a French commando raid on al-Qaida-linked Islamist militants in northern Mali arrived in the capital on Tuesday where he was reunited with his wife after more than three years in captivity. Sjaak Rijke, a 54-year-old train conductor, was kidnapped in November 2011 in Timbuktu while on holiday with his wife. She escaped the gunmen, who took three captives. He was freed on Monday in a pre-dawn raid by French commandos belonging to Barkhane, France's region-wide...


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