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Sudan locates kidnappers of three aid worker

May 26, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – Security services have located the position of three aid workers kidnapped by unknown gunmen last week, a Sudanese official said on Tuesday.

The three aid workers including an American woman were abducted on 18 May while travelling to the South Darfur capital, Nyala in a two vehicle convoy.

“We succeeded in locating them and we will negotiate their release using local mediators,” said state minister for humanitarian affairs Abdel Baqi Al-Jilani

“But we will refuse to pay a ransom and we reserve the right to bring them to justice,” he further said.

Abduction of international staffers becomes more and more recurrent in Darfur. but the motivations differ from a group to another.

Abdel Baqi last week said the abduction could be financially motivated.

“From our experience, we expect that a ransom will be demanded. We had asked aid groups working in Darfur to decrease foreigners’ movements there,” he said.

(ST)

2 Comments

  • Padiet Gagag
    Padiet Gagag

    Sudan locates kidnappers of three aid worker
    This act of abduction and kindnapped must not end in sudan because is Bashir primary acts. Bashir doesn’t like NGO to be in sudan that is why he always sent his followers to abduct aid workers every where in sudan.

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  • DASODIKO
    DASODIKO

    Sudan locates kidnappers of three aid worker
    Dear Gagag please if you go back to the same story when the news of American AID worker kidnapping came up. I wrote and said that NCP has come back to Americans to blackmail because of series of statements made by Americans on the rigging of the elections. Then I said at the end they will say we have spotted the kidnappers. The janjaweeds in South Darfur are the one who are ordered to do such kidnapping acts. More kidnanpping will happen in the coming days for the for those countries who stands against the criminal wanted Al-Bashir.

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