7 February 2012
Last updated at 07:49 ET
Seventeen Chinese workers escaped the initial attack
A group of Chinese workers kidnapped by rebels in Sudan has been freed and flown to Kenya, a statement from Sudan’s foreign ministry says.
The construction workers were released to the International Committee of the Red Cross on Tuesday, more than a week after they were abducted.
They had been held in Sudan’s border state of South Kordofan.
A Red Cross plane took them to Nairobi, where they were taken to the Chinese embassy, the statement says.
Some 29 workers were taken captive when rebels from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) attacked their camp 11 days ago.
Earlier on Tuesday, China’s state media said the body of another Chinese worker who went missing after the SPLM-N attack had been found by the Sudanese authorities.
The SPLM-N – which used to fight alongside the rulers of now independent South Sudan – has been battling government forces in South Kordofan for more than six months.
Correspondents say Beijing is a key supporter
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