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| Sudan rebels free six Bulgarian aid workers: UN |
| 2015-02-02 |
| [Iran Press TV] Six Bulgarian UN aid workers have been released after a week in jug of rebels in Sudan, a United Nation agency has announced. The World Food Program (WFP) said in a Sunday statement that the aid workers, tasked with providing relief aid to the war-wearing people of Sudan and South Sudan, were handed over to South Sudan's Yida Refugee Camp on Sunday and were later flown to the country's capital Juba. The rebels of Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), which fights against the Sudanese government, captured them after their Mi-8 helicopter had to make an emergency landing on January 26 in a remote area of Sudan's South Kordofan state, bordering South Sudan. "It is regrettable that this incident took place. However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... we are greatly relieved that the WFP crew members are unhurt and back with us," WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin said. |
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