The Ugandan government has released 72 Sudanese prisoners of war (POWs) and officially handed them over to the ICRC. The ICRC head of delegation in Kampala, Georges Comninos confirmed to IRIN that the repatriation took place on Thursday morning. “We organised a flight from Entebbe directly to Khartoum,” he said. “Everything went quite well, and we welcome this step since it took place in compliance and in accordance with the Third Geneva Convention,” Comninos said. “We were able to talk freely with all of them to be sure they were willing to go back home,” he added. He said they were checked by a medical doctor before repatriation. The 72, who had been interned in Uganda since 1997, had been registered after their capture and had received regular visits from ICRC delegates.
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