International Development - French Red Cross Worker Freed in Chad

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After 89 days in captivity, French Red Cross employee Laurent Maurice has been released, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reports. Maurice, who is reported to be in good health, was kidnapped in November near the Sudanese border in eastern Chad. Another Red Cross staff member Gauthier Lefevre, who was abducted in Darfur in October, is still being held captive.

Etiquetas: ICRC, Red Cross, Chad, Sudan, Laurent Maurice, Gauthier Lefevre

Ma. Rizza Leonzon

As a staff writer, Rizza focuses mainly on business coverage, including key donors such as the Asian Development Bank and AusAID. She covers breaking business news particularly at the ADB and has conducted interviews with specialists from the Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank and other top players in international development. Rizza also contributes to the daily Development Newswire and other Devex publications.

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