source: RFI; Actu (Niger); Niger Inter; AFP; Undisclosed Source; Tadress24info; Twitter; ANP (Niger); Aniamey; Studio Kalangou; AP; Le Souffle de Maradi; Air Info; L'Evenement Niger; ABC News
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Niger)
actor2: Civilians (United States)
location: Massalata
notes: On 27 October 2020, unknown gunmen abducted a U.S. national at his home in Massalata (Birni N'Konni, Tahoua). American special operations forces liberated the individual taken hostage in a rescue operation on October 31 between Gaidu and Kalmalo (Illela, Sokoto) in Nigeria.