法国全力确保也门被挟持女性获释
French authorities are working to secure the release of a French woman taken hostage in Yemen.
法国当局正全力确保在也门被挟持的一位法国女性获得释放。
French President Francois Hollande says the country\s authorities are mobilising to secure speedy release of a French woman kidnapped in Yemen.
French President Francois Hollande.
"She's a 30 year-old young woman who works for the World Bank who, whilst working, was kidnapped in front of a ministry in Yemen. We call for her to be released as soon as possible. We're trying to localise her and we're doing everything to secure her release."
The World Bank official and her Yemeni driver have been taken by unidentified gunman in the country's capital, Sanaa.
Their whereabouts are still unknown.
Yemen has been in turmoil since Shi'ite Muslim Houthi militias seized the capital in September.
It's been common for tribesmen to take foreigners hostage in an attempt to put pressure on the authorities to free jailed relatives.