A Zambian staff member with the International Organization for
Migration (IOM), who was abducted in Nyala, South Darfur, on 6 July,
was freed today after almost 20 days in captivity.
The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (Unamid) stated
in a press release that Felix Ngoma, a Zambian national, is unharmed
and in a healthy condition. “He will soon be flown back to his home
country via Khartoum.”
The AU-UN Joint Special Representative for Darfur, Mohamed Ibn
Chambas, and the Officer-in-Charge of IOM in Sudan, Maysaa
Alghribawy, have expressed their appreciation to the Sudanese
government, its National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), the
Wali (Governor) of South Darfur, and the Zambian government for
their “valuable assistance in the safe release of Ngoma”.
Ngoma was abducted on a Sunday at about 5.30 pm when gunmen in a
Land Cruiser intercepted him along the road between the Unamid
regional headquarters and Nyala city. The abductors forced him out of
his vehicle at gunpoint before disappearing with him in their car.
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