Foreign aid workers kidnapped in Darfur

"Unidentified armed men came to the quarters of the (Irish) NGO Goal at Kutum in Northern Darfur," a source told AFP on Friday. "They took a Sudanese watchman, an Irishwoman and a Ugandan woman. The watchman was later freed."

A UN official also confirmed Friday's kidnapping.

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