Two French aid workers kidnapped in Central African Republic (CAR) last year were released Sunday in the restive western Sudanese region of Darfur, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced.

Released French aid worker Olivier Frappe from Triangle aid organisation smiles after a medical check in Sudan's capital Khartoum, March 14, 2010. Two French aid workers kidnapped in the Central African Republic last year were freed in Sudan's Darfur region on Sunday, after more than 100 days in captivity. [Xinhua]

Saleh Dabaka, spokesman of the ICRC in Sudan, told Xinhua that the two French aid workers, who were kidnapped in the town of Birao on CAR's border with Chad and Sudan on Nov. 22, were working for the French aid organization Triangle.

"The two aid workers were handed over to the ICRC in an area near El Genaina," the capital city of Sudan's West Darfur State, the spokesman said, adding that the ICRC had provided medical assistance to the two released persons, who were on the way to Khartoum on a passenger plane.

He did not elaborate the details on the release of the two French aid workers, or the identity of those who kidnapped the French aid workers.

Released French aid worker Olivier Denis from Triangle aid organisation talks to reporters after a medical check in Sudan's capital Khartoum, March 14, 2010. Two French aid workers kidnapped in the Central African Republic last year were freed in Sudan's Darfur region on Sunday, after more than 100 days in captivity. [Xinhua]

"We do not have the information, and we only pick up the two French persons at the handing-over point near El Genaina," the spokesman noted.

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