The Frenchman arrived on Sunday morning in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, where he was handed over to French embassy officials at the airport. The French president's office confirmed that the hostage had been freed, without giving details of the rescue. Mohamed Tabiedy, a spokesman for the Sudanese security and intelligence service, told reporters that the Frenchman had been freed in a rescue mission carried out in coordination with Chad and French intelligence. Sudanese officials said the Frenchman had not been abducted by any of the known rebel movements that are battling Sudan's government but by an armed group in the border area. Before this case, the last French national kidnapped in Chad was an aid worker seized in the eastern frontier area in 2009.

Source: The Star May 07, 2017 14:03 UTC