Terrorists Seize Elderly Australian Doctor, Wife Working For Clinic

Australian diplomats have arrived in the West African country of Burkina Faso to try to secure the release of an Australian couple who have been kidnapped by Islamists, reports 9 News (Australia).

Ken and Jocelyn Elliott, who are in their 80s, were kidnapped on Friday from the town of Baraboule in Burkina Faso's Soum province, said a Burkinabe intelligence source, as cited by the Guardian (U.K.).

The couple has lived and worked there for 40 years; they built a 120-bed...