An American relief worker was freed in Darfur Monday after being held by her abductors for 105 days, says Reuters.
Flavia Wagner, who was working in western Sudan for the U.S. charity Samaritan’s Purse, flew to the capital of Khartoum after her kidnappers released her to authorities. Aid workers have been the target of a series of kidnappings for ransom in Darfur, but Ms. Wagner’s abductors told Reuters they were not paid for freeing her.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the head of a local aid group was kidnapped Friday, Agence France-Presse writes.
Balisi Kapumba, of Solidarity Action for Peace and Development, was abducted by uniformed men Friday from his home in the eastern city of Goma, according to the leader of a network of nonprofit organizations in the region.






