Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A French agronomist working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Chad was abducted Tuesday 10 November near village of Kawa, eastern Chad, where ICRC has a primary health care assistance programme. The ICRC says Laurent Maurice was taken by several armed men, but does not know their motives nor their identities.

Kawa is close to the border with the West Darfur region of Sudan, where another ICRC employee, Gauthier Lefevre, was abducted 22 October in similar circumstances. ICRC says its attempts to secure the release of Lefevre are ongoing.

Links to other site: AHN, ICRC

Posted by :: Sean Ecker on 11 November 2009 at 16:57 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 11 November 2009.

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