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Current Feed ContentUNICEF relieved at release of state water corporation drivers in Darfur, but repeats call for end to all attacksUNICEF today expresses its relief at the release of four drivers from the State Water Corporation in North Darfur, who were abducted along with drilling equipment in Um Tajok more than a week ago. The drivers have now been safely reunited with their families, although the stolen equipment has not been recovered. “I am delighted that our partners are safe and well, despite their terrible ordeal, and wish to thank all those who assisted in securing their freedom,” said UNICEF Representative Ted...NIGER: MSF ordered out of north after third hijackingNigerien authorities have ordered the French aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières to stop working in northern Niger after three of its vehicles were hijacked in the last week. “They have been ordered to leave Agadez,” the governor of the Agadez region, Malam Boukar Abba told IRIN on 23 October. “[MSF] wanted to intervene in many different areas and we let them do a lot but… I do not see any point in them continuing – I don’t think MSF came here to be threatened at gunpoint.” Two MSF four wheel... |
