Tunisian woman working for Red Cross in Yemen kidnapped in capital - local officials


  • World
  • Wednesday, 02 Dec 2015

DUBAI (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Tunisian woman working for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Yemen as she was leaving home for work in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday, the ICRC and local officials said.

They identified the woman as Nouran Hawas and said she was in charge of an ICRC protection programme in the Swiss-based humanitarian agency's Sanaa office.

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