A French-Australian hostage kidnapped in eastern Chad has been released and is in "good health", the Chadian prime minister has announced, reports FRANCE 24.
"The kidnapped Franco-Australian hostage... has just been found and taken to safety in good health," said Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo, congratulating "the defence and security forces for this quick and successful action".
The individual had been kidnapped on Friday "in the afternoon of 28 October", Chadian authorities said Saturday, adding they had "mobilised all security and human means to get hold of the kidnappers".
"The hostage was released in the province of Tibesti [North] in an area bordering Niger and Libya by our defence and security forces," Ayoub Abdelkerim Abdoulaye, governor of the eastern province of Wadi Fira where the abduction took place, told AFP.