Doctors Without Borders Staffers Kidnapped in Darfur

Abductions follow Sudan crackdown

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 12, 2009 9:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – Three aid workers from Doctors Without Borders are being held hostage in Darfur after a group of armed men kidnapped them, Reuters reports. The three staff members, all Westerners, were seized along with two Sudanese co-workers who were later released. The kidnapping came as Sudan... Read full story »

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