Kidnapped UN Peacekeeper Released in Congo
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A Moroccan soldier has been released five days after he was kidnapped while serving in a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo, the U.N. said on Tuesday.
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Three United Nations hostages have been freed after almost four weeks in captivity in Afghanistan, with kidnappers claiming that Taliban prisoners were due to be released in exchange.
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Three UN workers released after being held hostage in Afghanistan speak of their joy at being freed.
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Three foreign UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan have been freed unharmed, almost four weeks after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the capital Kabul.
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BAGHDAD - An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month was released by his captors on Monday but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened with beheading, remained unclear.
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Iraqi kidnappers have released a Bangladeshi truck driver after holding him hostage for more than a month, a foreign ministry official said on Friday.
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The Sudanese Red Crescent confirmed on Wednesday the release of a group of Sudanese aid workers kidnapped by rebels in Darfur since weekend.
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A CANADIAN woman who had been kidnapped in Iraq was freed by a US National Guard unit late yesterday after 16 days in captivity, Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew told CTV television today.
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Three foreign UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan were freed unharmed Tuesday, almost four weeks after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the capital Kabul, the United Nations said.
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Three foreign UN workers who were taken hostage last month in Afghanistan have been released unharmed, officials say. A senior Afghan official told the BBC one of the kidnappers had been killed and four others seriously wounded in a military operation.
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CNN producer Riad Ali Ghanem, who was kidnapped at gunpoint in Gaza City on Monday, was released on Tuesday evening following an agreement reached between his abductors and the Palestinian Authority.
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Two foreign aid workers who were kidnapped last week in Somalia were released Tuesday, a diplomat said.
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An Italian volunteer worker kidnapped by an unidentified group in the southern Philippines hasbeen released, the Philippine military said Wednesday.
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One of the two CBS journalists kidnapped in the Iraqi city of Basra on Sunday has been released.
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A French-American reporter is released by kidnappers in Iraq but three European journalists remain missing.
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Afghan officials say three United Nations workers kidnapped on Oct. 28th in Kabul were freed late Monday in Kabul. The hostages were released late Monday and are in good condition, three Afghan officials
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Three United Nations hostages were freed in Afghanistan unharmed and healthy after almost four weeks in captivity amid conflicting claims over whether the government promised to free Taliban prisoners in exchange for their release.