A British aid worker kidnapped nearly three months ago in Sudan's Darfur region has been freed, the UN's World Food Programme said on Wednesday.
"After 86 days in captivity in the South Darfur region of Sudan, British aid worker Patrick Noonan, who was working for the UN World Food Programme, has been released," WFP said in a statement.
Noonan had been in Sudan for about two years and was working as a logistician in Nyala town when he was abducted by "armed men" on 6 March, the statement said.
"We are thankful for his safe release," WFP executive director Ertharin Cousin said in the statement.
A Sudanese driver kidnapped with Noonan was released later the same day, it said.
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