Also on Sunday, an armed group kidnapped two foreigners working with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Yemen’s east, a government source said, as the charity confirmed it had “lost contact” with some staff.“An armed group kidnapped two MSF workers, one a German national and the other Mexican, in Hadramawt,” a Yemeni interior ministry source told Agence France-Presse, adding that a “military campaign” was underway to track down the kidnappers.
Hadramawt is a large Yemeni province under the control of the internationally recognised government.MSF on Sunday confirmed that it had “lost contact with some of our staff in Yemen”.“Out of concern for the safety of our colleagues we cannot share more details at this point,” the medical aid group said.
