France confirms release of citizen kidnapped in Chad
Xinhua, May 7, 2017 Adjust font size:
A French national abducted in Chad in March has been freed, the office of French President Francois Hollande confirmed on Sunday.
"The President of the Republic has learned with great satisfaction about the release of our compatriot who was abducted in eastern Chad and then taken by his captors to Sudan," the Elysee Palace said in a statement.
Hollande also hailed efforts of "all the actors involved to give a happy end to this abduction."
The French hostage was kidnapped on March 23 in Chad's Ardech region before being taken to Sudanese region in Darfur. Endit