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US missionary kidnapped in Niger
October 27, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: An American evangelical missionary, Scott Rideout, was kidnapped from his home in Niamey, the capital of Niger.
The West African nation of 26.3 million (map) is over 95% Muslim and 4% ethnic religionist. An Islamist insurgency began there in 2015.
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