(30th June, 2013) - 127 children and women who were abducted by the Sudan Armed Forces in Jaunary have been handed over to the Northern Bhar al-Ghazal State (NBG) government.
The SAF and allied militias seized the victims during an attack on Kitkit area in Raja County, Western Bhar al-Ghazal State, and held them as captives in Sudan’s Eastern Darfur.
Former members of the Committee for the Eradication of Abduction of Women and Children (CEAWC) negotiated and secured the release of the abductees with the help of Rezigat tribal chiefs.
“We are appreciating the work done by CEAWC. We, as government, are ready to support its activities and those who are responsible in the other side are also appreciated for the humanitarian work,” said NBG Deputy Governor, Salva Chol Ayat, at a welcoming ceremony in Aweil.
“We are neighbors and we have to be together because these are innocent people, they are not soldiers, they don’t carry arms,” he said, referring to the abductees.