{"id":187061,"date":"2013-08-26T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/red-cross-workers-abducted-in-central-darfur-witness\/"},"modified":"2013-08-26T23:59:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T23:59:00","slug":"red-cross-workers-abducted-in-central-darfur-witness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/red-cross-workers-abducted-in-central-darfur-witness","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Red Cross workers abducted in Central Darfur\u2019: witness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eight members of staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross, including the organisation’s director for Nertiti locality in Central Darfur, were allegedly abducted \u201cby pro-government militiamen\u201d on the road from Nertiti to state capital Zalingei on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

A witness told Radio Dabanga that \u201ctwo Red Cross vehicles carrying a total of eight people were stopped by militiamen at about 10pm in the Hila Beeda area\u201d and taken “to an unknown location”.<\/p>\n

He could not confirm the full names of all the abductees, but said that they include the ICRC director in Nertiti Abubakar Mohamed Saleh, the drivers of two vehicles, Habib Hamza and Hamas Al Salah, and Red Cross workers Antar, Adam Ibrahim, Abdul Rahim Agen, Ahmed, and another whose name has not yet been established.<\/p>\n

For its part, ICRC affirms that it does not have a director in Nertiti. <\/p>\n

Speaking to Radio Dabanga from Khartoum, official spokesman for the Red Cross in Sudan, Jean-Christophe Sandoz said that he \u201ccould neither confirm nor deny\u201d the incident. \u201cNo comment for the moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Picture: Logo of the International Committee of the Red Cross<\/em><\/p>\n

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