Yemeni tribesmen have freed a German man who was kidnapped in the capital Sanaa in late January, state news agency Saba reported on Tuesday.

Yemeni tribesmen have freed a German man who was kidnapped in the capital Sanaa in late January, state news agency Saba reported on Tuesday.

"The German hostage who had been held in (the eastern) Marib province has been released," Saba announced in a text message sent to reporters in Yemen.