Sudanese rebels release 8 humanitarian relief workers

The Sudan's Liberation Army announced yesterday it released 6 workers in the humanitarian field who were missing since last week in Darfur, west of Sudan.

A spokesman for the World Food Program (WFP) in Nairibi said the released persons: three workers in the WFP and three from the Sudanese Red Crescent society were transported by helicopter to al-Fasher city in the north of Darfur after they were released in Thabet area to the south; stressing " they are safe and in a good health condition."

22 workers in a program to vaccinate the vulnerable from fighting are still considered as missing. Chairman of the Sudanese vaccination program and the emergency operations office Hassan Idris accused the rebels of al-Adel Wal-Musawat of kidnapping them.