South Darfur
On 31 August Sudan's army reported that 3 Russian helicopter crew members had been abducted by gunmen in Nyala, capital of South Darfur, just hours after [[Samaritan's Purse]] aid worker [[Flavia Wagner]] who had been kidnapped 18 May was set free. She was taken from the [[South Darfur]]ian village of [[Abu Ajura]], along with two Sudanese colleagues who were also freed after a week. The governor of South Darfur, [[Abdel Hamid Kasha]], Sudan [[foreign ministry]] spokesman [[Moawiya Osman]] and Samaritan's Purse's leader [[Franklin Graham]], and the Russian ambassador to Chad welcomed Flavia's release, but condemned the [[kidnap]] of the three Russians and that of two [[Jordan]]ian [[UNAMID]] police advisers in Darfur, on the 14th. Another Russian [[helicopter]] pilot was taken prisoner for four days after landing in [[South Darfur]] to take rebels' spokesmen to Chad for alleged peace talks.