South Africa's ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa, has been found dead near the four-star Hyatt Regency Hotel in Paris, French officials have told the BBC. Mthethwa, 58, was reported missing by his wife on Monday evening,

South Africa’s ambassador to France, Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa, has been found dead outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Paris, French officials confirmed on Tuesday.

Fearing that he had taken his own life, the police started a search party in the woods in western Paris.