An aid worker with Samaritan's Purse, a Christian aid organization, has
been freed after 105 days in captivity in the Darfur region of western
Sudan, a spokeswoman for the organization said Monday.Pictured: Flavia Wagner, center, in Khartoum on Monday with U.S. Embassy staff and Sudanese security guards. Wagner, 35, was kidnapped in mid-May and was held for 105 days in Sudan's Darfur region, where she worked for the U.S. charity Samaritan's Purse. (Ashraf Shazly)
Flavia Wagner, 35, is "exhausted but in good health," the group said in a statement.
News of the release came as three Russian pilots working for a Sudanese aviation company were abducted in the same region.
The pilots were taken Sunday in Nyala, South Darfur's capital, said Chris Cycmanick, spokesman for the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur.
Twelve people have been abducted in Darfur this year, Cycmanick said, including Wagner.
She was kidnapped May 18, the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum said a day later. Two Sudanese colleagues were seized at the same time, Samaritan's Purse said then.
The abduction took place about 25 miles southwest of Nyala.
The two Sudanese men were released May 25, Samaritan's Purse said.
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