Hopes high for release of aid workers

A SENIOR government minister in Sudan yesterday said he hoped kidnapped aid worker Sharon Commins and her Ugandan colleague will be released “in a few days’ time”.

State Minister for Humanitarian Affairs Abdel Baqi al-Jailani told the Irish Examiner that he was sorry Ms Commins and Hilda Kawuki had been kidnapped and stated: “Please convey our regret and sorrow for what has happened.”

His words came amid rising hopes that 32-year-old Ms Commins and 42-year-old Ms Kawuki may be released by the gang who kidnapped them at gunpoint from their GOAL compound in Darfur a week ago today.