French foreign ministry confirms French woman kidnapped in Yemen

"We unfortunately confirm the kidnapping this morning, in Sanaa, of a French national working for an international organisation," the ministry said in a statement. "We are fully mobilised to try and locate her and ensure a speedy liberation."

Security sources said earlier on Tuesday that gunmen had kidnapped a French woman and her Yemeni driver in the centre of Yemen's capital while she was heading to work.

(Reporting by Ingrid Melander; Editing by James Regan)