October 29 2009 (KHARTOUM) — Darfur hybrid peacekeeping force urged the Sudanese government to increase its efforts to secure a save release of two civilians staffers abducted since August and other aid workers.
The abduction of UNAMID personnel occurred in Zalingei, 100 klm southeast of El-Geneina the capital of West Darfur state, on Saturday August 29. The two staff members, one woman and one man, were taken at gunpoint by four or five gunmen from their residence to an unknown destination.
Also, last week, a staff member of the International Red Cross (ICRC), French-British national Gauthier Lefevre, was snatched by gunmen while returning to El Geneina, capital of West Darfur state, from a field mission to help local communities obtain clean drinking water.
UNAMID Acting Joint Special Representative, Henry Anyidoho, discussed the issue of the abduction with the Sudanese Minister of Interior, Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid, and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Al Samani Al Wasila on 27 October in Khartoum.
He also discussed the security situation and strategies to reduce banditry and criminality in Darfur with the two ministers, thanked them for their cooperation with UNAMID and sought continued and enhanced cooperation in executing the mission’s mandate, the UNAMID said.
The Sudanese officials assured him of Sudanese Government’s full commitment to upcoming talks with Darfur rebel movements aimed at bringing peace to a region where at least 300,000 people are estimated to have died and another 2.7 million more have been driven from their homes in over six years of fighting between the Government, its militia allies and various armed groups.
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