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Kidnapped French-Australian environmentalist freed in Chad, president says

A conservationist with dual French and Australian citizenship has been freed after he was taken hostage in Chad earlier this week, interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby said on Sunday.

The man, who manages an oryx park on behalf of a conservation group, was kidnapped by unknown individuals in the northeastern Wadi Fira province on Friday.

Deby announced his release on Twitter without providing any details on how it was achieved.

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