A French aid worker kidnapped in Central African Republic has been released, France's foreign minister said Friday, reports Independent Online.
Laurent Fabius did not give details about the release, but thanked Central African Republic authorities and especially the archbishop of the country's capital for their help.
Claudia Priest, 67, was working for Catholic medical organization CODIS, and was kidnapped along with a local co-worker when the fighters seized their vehicle full of medicine and medical kits, according to their driver.
Central African Republic's President Catherine Samba-Panza earlier Friday said that authorities were negotiating a release of the two.
It wasn't immediately clear if the Central African colleague had been released too.
The spate of rare kidnappings by Christian fighters comes after the arrest of their commander, Rodrigue Ngaibona.
Read more of this report, compiled from news agencies SAPA and AP, at Independent Online.