French-Australian dual citizen released after being kidnapped in Chad

Jerome Hugonnot, who ran a wildlife conservation park, was abducted in a restive border region with Sudan

A conservationist with dual French and Australian citizenship has been released two days after being kidnapped in north-eastern Chad, the country's president said.

Jerome Hugonnot was working for the Sahara Conservation Fund in Wadi Fara province bordering Sudan at the time of his abduction Friday.