Merkel in Niger on Africa tour meets Mahamadou Issoufou - Daily Mail

Gunmen stormed the house of a longtime American aid worker in Niger, killing two people before fleeing with the man toward the border with Mali, authorities said. The NGO worker was kidnapped on Friday night in Abalak before being taken by his abductors to Mali, a security source told AFP. The victim had worked in the area since the 1990s with an American organization called Youth with a Mission, Radio France Internationale reports. His guardian and a National Guard soldier were killed, according to the French news organization. He was identified online as Jeff Woodke (pictured), of McKinleyville, California, who has committed the past 25 years of his life to a ministry he founded in Niger, according to the Redwood Coast School of Missions.  Original Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic... Original Video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news... Daily Mail Facebook:   / dailymail   Daily Mail IG:   / dailymail   Daily Mail Snap:   / 8392137033   Daily Mail Twitter:   / mailonline   Daily Mail Pinterest: http://pinterest.co.uk/dailymail Daily Mail Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DailyMail/posts Get the free Daily Mail mobile app: http://dailymail.co.uk/mobile