Two Kenyan nationals working with the US humanitarian agency Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) were handed over to the Kenyan ambassador on 31 March, in Khartoum. The release followed a plea by the visiting Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi to the Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir, a government source told IRIN.
The Kenyans were among the four ADRA workers abducted by a militia group loyal to Gordon Kong Chuol on 8 March. They were released by the militia on 16 March, but were then held in government “safe house” until Saturday. According to official sources, the humanitarian workers were held for being in the country “without proper visas”.
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