15 August 2011 - An International aid worker working for an INGO was kidnapped yesterday in Nyala, South Darfur. The victim was in car with two Sudanese colleagues driving to the airport when four unidentified armed men, dressed in civilian clothes, stopped them. The perpetrators forced all occupants out of the vehicle and took the International staff member, an Italian, with them. The local authorities are investigating the case.

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