A French aid worker kidnapped in Mali in 2016 and the country's main opposition leader have been released, the presidency said on Thursday. The office of Mali's president said on social media that Frenchwoman Sophie Petronin, 75, and Soumaila Cisse, 70, who were believed to have been held by al-Qaeda-affiliated militants, were on their way to the capital Bamako. The announcement comes after Mali freed over 100 alleged or convicted jihadists over the weekend. Cisse was taken in March. sd/eml/har