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Rebels release two aid workers unharmed

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    Two employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross, who were kidnapped on 4 December by rebels in the Bouenza region in the southwest of the Republic of Congo, have been released.

    Both men, Frenchman Thierry Baudina, 41, and Congolese Guy Alain Ngoualer, 37, were in good health when they were reunited with their ICRC colleagues, the ICRC announced on Sunday. They had been abducted near the village of Doungou while conducting a needs assessment of displaced populations in the Bouenza region.

    The day after the kidnapping, the ICRC spoke of seven unidentified armed men as having been responsible, while the government openly accused the Ninja rebels. The ICRC has declined to identify the kidnappers since the abductees were released.

    In April 2002, Ninja rebels abducted and killed a French parish priest of Mayama in the Pool region.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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