Sudan: Aid workers released

A group of Sudanese aid workers held since Saturday by rebels were released today, a UN official said.

Barry Came of the UN World Food Programme said the six aid workers – three from WFP and three from the Sudanese Red Crescent – were safe and being debriefed by a UN security team in Al-Fasher after being picked up by helicopter in Tabit, south of Al-Fasher.

Officials had originally said eight workers were missing, but Came said two workers never made the trip because of illness.

The team had been assessing conditions and registering displaced people.