WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Phyllis Sortor, an American missionary worker with the Free Methodist Church, was kidnapped in Nigeria Tuesday.
"Early this morning we received a report that Rev. Phyllis Sortor, our missionary in Nigeria, was abducted from the Hope Academy compound in Emiworo, Kogi State, Nigeria by several persons," Free Methodist Church said in statement on its website. "We are calling on the U.S. church to join together in prayer for Phyllis' safety and speedy release."
Meanwhile in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, a French woman and her driver were kidnapped as she was commuting to work on Tuesday morning. French authorities are working to locate her.
France recently closed its embassy in Sanaa and the country's foreign ministry is urging French citizens to leave Yemen.
