Franco-Australian conservationist abducted in Chad, government says

Members of the security forces patrol Chad's capital N'Djamena following the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby in N'Djamena, Chad April 26, 2021. © Zohra Bensemra, Reuters

A Franco-Australian person has been kidnapped in eastern Chad, near the Sudanese border, "by as yet unidentified individuals", the government in N'Djamena said in a statement on Saturday.

"The government has mobilised all security and human means to catch the kidnappers," the authorities said.