ARTICLES RELATING TO AID WORKERS

Sudan rejects abduction accusations

2009-12-16 11:38

Sudan has dismissed "ignorant" accusations by a senior Chadian official that it was behind the abduction last month of three French aid workers.

3 held for Darfur ICRC kidnap

2009-11-25 11:10

Sudan has arrested three people suspected of helping to kidnap a French/British Red Cross worker in Darfur, a security and aid sources have said.

Aid worker kidnapped in Chad

2009-11-10 14:19

The Red Cross says a French staff member has been abducted by several armed men in eastern Chad near the border with Sudan.

Aid worker recounts ordeal

2009-10-19 13:53

An Irish aid worker kidnapped in Sudan has told how she and a Ugandan colleague suffered mock executions during more than 100 days in primitive and extreme conditions.

Kidnapped aid workers freed?

2009-08-24 17:08

Sudan expects the two women aid workers from Ireland and Uganda who have been held hostage in Darfur for months will be freed during Ramadan, a state minister says.

Aid staff fear kidnapping

2009-08-17 18:52

The recent wave of kidnappings of aid workers in Darfur has added yet another problem to the many already facing humanitarian agencies.

Aid worker shot in Darfur

2009-07-21 13:22

A British man working for a Swiss aid group has been shot and wounded during a robbery in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region, a police official says.

UN pledges to find aid workers

2009-07-07 18:22

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has insisted that the body would 'spare no efforts' in trying to find two aid workers kidnapped in the Darfur region of Sudan.

 

3 kidnapped in Mauritania

2009-11-30 11:14

Three Spanish humanitarian workers have been kidnapped in northwestern Mauritania on the road linking the capital Nouakchott to the city of Nouadhibou, officials say.

Aid workers kidnapped in CAR

2009-11-24 09:52

Two French nationals working with a charity in the Central African Republic have been kidnapped, the French Foreign Ministry says.

Aid worker abducted in Darfur

2009-10-22 22:59

The International Committee of the Red Cross says gunmen have kidnapped a French staff member in Sudan's western Darfur region.

Aid workers ready to go home

2009-10-19 12:24

Two female aid workers released after 100 days of captivity in Darfur have arrived in Khartoum, exhausted but delighted to be free and eager to get back home.

UN pays tribute to aid workers

2009-08-19 21:25

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has marked World Humanitarian Day by eulogising the 22 UN staffers killed in a Baghdad bombing six years ago.

2 aid workers missing in Chad

2009-08-06 14:53

An aid group MSF says two of its workers are missing in Chad after a robbery at its compound by the border with Sudan's Darfur region.

Aid staff kidnappers seek ransom

2009-07-09 19:05

Sudan's government has started negotiations with Darfur bandits who are demanding a ransom for the release of two kidnapped aid workers from Ireland and Uganda.

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