Aid workers in Sudan freed after 32-day captivity

By Washington Examiner

Published July 19, 2014 6:17pm ET

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Aid workers in Sudan freed after 32-day captivity — A member of the joint U.N. African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), right, escorts three freed humanitarian workers out of a U.N. helicopter as they landed in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan, Saturday, July 19, 2014. The international peacekeeping mission in Sudan's Darfur region said three aid workers have been freed after over a month in captivity. The mission said the three were among 25 humanitarian workers abducted by armed men in North Darfur on June 18. The statement says 20 were released on the same day and two others were freed two weeks later. (AP Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran, UNAMID) | Albert Gonzalez Farran

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Three Sudanese aid workers taken hostage in Sudan’s Darfur region were freed Saturday after being held by gunmen for over a month.

The joint U.N. African Union Mission in Darfur said in a statement that the three were released after 32 days in captivity. It said they appear to be unharmed.

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