President François Hollande of France confirmed that a Frenchwoman had been kidnapped in the Yemeni capital, Sana.
PARIS — A Frenchwoman who works for the World Bank was kidnapped on Tuesday in front of a ministry office in Sana, the Yemeni capital, according to security officials there and President François Hollande of France, who took the rare step of speaking publicly about the abduction.
The audacity of the daytime abduction underscores the limited ability of the Houthi rebels, who took control of the government in late January, to effectively secure the capital.
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Shuaib Almosawa contributed reporting from Sana, Yemen.
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