Van Deventer family pleads for 'space to heal' before talking about their ordeal
Van Deventer was freed just over a week ago following lengthy negotiations between aid group Gift of the Givers and the militants.
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Van Deventer was freed just over a week ago following lengthy negotiations between aid group Gift of the Givers and the militants.
Six years after he was kidnapped in Libya, Gerco van Deventer was released and is in an Algerian hospital, according to Gift of the Givers.
A 48-year-old South African father and paramedic has been released after enduring over six years in captivity under jihadists in Mali.
Western Cape resident Van Deventer has been held hostage for almost six years following his kidnapping in Libya in 2017.
The free release of Gerco van Deventer negotiated by Gift of the Givers seems to be hanging by a thread as Al Qaeda remains mum.