A French tourist who went missing in northeastern Chad after heading off to visit an oasis in the desert has been found dead “after a fall”, Chad’s tourism minister said on Friday.
The 70-year-old man – from the city of Dijon, according to a French newspaper report – had been missing since Wednesday.
He was part of a group visiting Chad for the International Festival of Saharan Cultures in the city of Amdjarass, about 100km (60 miles) from the Sudan border.
“We found the body in the Bachekele…
Missing French tourist in Chad found dead ‘after a fall’

