Jerome Hugonnot (C), a Franco-Australian that was kidnapped, speaks after his release at the Chadian Military Base Adji Kossey in N’Djamena on October 30, 2022. - The Franco-Australian kidnapped on October 28, 2022 in eastern Chad and released on October 30, 2022 in the far north after 48 hours of captivity, was welcomed in N'Djamena by the Chadian authorities who are continuing their operations to apprehend his kidnappers.
The man, who works for the Sahara Conservation Fund (SCF), a wildlife preservation NGO, arrived in the early evening aboard an army plane on the tarmac of the Adji Kosseï military base, notably housing the headquarters of Barkhane, the French anti-jihadist force in the Sahel. (Photo by AFP)