N’DJAMENA, Chad — A French nationwide working in wildlife conservation was kidnapped in northeastern Chad by unknown kidnappers, the governments of each international locations mentioned Saturday.
Jerome Hugonnot was working for the Sahara Conservation Fund in Wadi Fara province bordering Sudan on the time of his abduction Friday, Chadian authorities spokesman Aziz Mahamat Saleh mentioned in an announcement.
The Chadian authorities has mobilized all its assets to seek out Hugonnot, Saleh mentioned, including that the abductors had been “people not but recognized.” Quite a lot of armed teams function alongside the Chad-Sudan border.
“We’re conscious of the kidnapping of considered one of our compatriots in Chad and are in contact along with his household, in addition to with Chadian authorities, with a view to get hold of his launch rapidly,” the French overseas ministry mentioned in an announcement.
French media reported that Hugonnot additionally has Australian citizenship.
The Sahara Conservation Fund and its companions have spent years in Chad working to reintroduce a species of desert antelope often called the scimitar-horned oryx.
