Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Release of Hungarian employee of the UN in Darfur removed

The Hungarian civilian employee of the mission of UN-African Union peace kidnapped in October in the Darfur region of western Sudan, was released Wednesday, Jan. 5 "Healthy", according to peacekeepers. Istvan Papp, 56, a civilian employee of the peace mission, was kidnapped in early October in el-Fasher, the historic capital of Darfur, in his home by armed men just hours after the start of the visit of a delegation Ambassadors of the Security Council of the UN in this area.

According to local media, Mr. Papp spoke French with his captors while in detention. His abduction had not been claimed. It was to be transported by air on Wednesday night in Khartoum. It was the only person still held hostage in Darfur, Sudan region experiencing since 2003, a complex civil war led to 300,000 dead according to UN estimates - 10 000 according to Khartoum - and 2.7 million displaced.

Darfur is also enjoying a wave of kidnappings of humanitarian workers, peacekeepers and Westerners since the issuance in March 2009, an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir. Thirty people, including twenty-six foreigners, were abducted in Darfur since that date.

They were all released in good health.
Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 7:46 PM

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