A French woman who was taken hostage in Yemen on February has been freed, the French presidency said.
Isabelle Prime was freed on Thursday night and would imminently be returning to France, the President’s office said.
No details of her release were provided.
The 30 year old woman was working as a consultant on a World Bank funded project when she was abducted on February 24 while travelling to the capital, Sanaa.
Prime’s translator, Sherine Makkaoui, who was seized at the same time, was released in March.
In recent years, tribesmen in Yemen have kidnapped foreigners as a means of putting pressure on the government to provide them with better services or to release jailed relatives.
Dressed in black, she appealed to President Francois Hollande and the Yemeni authorities to arrange her release because she was “really, really tired”.
“I tried to kill myself several times because I know you will not co-operate and I totally understand,” she said
