2 Female Workers from NGO Goal Kidnapped in Darfur, UN Confirms

by Blaine Metzgar | July 3, 2009 at 03:43 pm

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The UN confirmed that two female aid workers, hailing from Ireland and Uganda respectively, were kidnapped in Darfur on July 3, 2009. Armed men raided the quarters of the NGO Goal at Kutum in Northen Darfur and kidnapped three women including a Sudanese watchman who was later freed.

A UN official also confirmed the kidnapping. Ireland's foreign ministry also confirmed that a national was abducted on Friday.

"Two employees were kidnapped from our offices at 2030 local time (1930 GMT). We have no information about the identity of the abductors or their motives," Flora Hills, the head of Goal in Sudan, told AFP.

Hills confirmed the nationalities of the two workers. Sudanese officials were unavailable for comment and no group has yet claimed responsibility for the abduction.

The most recent kidnapping marks the third kidnapping of foreign humanitarian workers since March 4 in Darfur.

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