Oct 19 - Two freed aid workers from the Irish agency Goal arrive in Khartoum after their release from captivity in Sudan's troubled Darfur region.
Sharon Commins, from Dublin, and Hilda Kawuki, from Uganda, were seized in their north Darfur compound by armed men in July.
Sudanese officials had been negotiating with the kidnappers through tribal elders and the government said no ransom had been paid.
Aid groups say they have faced increased hostility and threats of kidnapping since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant in March for Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to face charges that he masterminded war crimes in Darfur.
U.N. Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes addresses a news conference in Sanaa October 11, 2009. Holmes said the first relief convoy crossed the Saudi border ...
