Libreville - Two French aid workers were kidnapped overnight by a gang of armed men in the north-east Central African Republic, close to the border with Sudan, a Bangui diplomat in Sudan said Monday.
"They kidnapped two men, two Frenchmen from (relief agency) Triangle yesterday at 10:00 pm. There were about 20 of them and they were speaking Arabic. They fled towards Sudan," Mahamat Salah Amadou Birao, who is also a local elder, said by phone.
"They also tried to kidnap a midwife with the (relief agency) CAM (Medical Aid Committee), but God was with her and they renounced. They took three cars and a motorbike from the non-governmental organisations," he added.
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The aid workers were abducted from Birao, a town located near three borders, where Central African Republic adjoins Sudan and Chad. Birao is part of a zone under the watch of the United Nations Mission in the CAR and Chad (MINURCAT).
Two employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were kidnapped in similar circumstances, on November 9 in Chad and on October 22 in Sudan.
Sources close to the Chadian military say that in both those previous cases, the kidnappers took refuge in western Sudan.
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