(VOVworld) – The Sudanese opposition said on Sunday that they have released 6 Bulgarian aid workers who were involved in UN humanitarian activities.

Six Bulgarian aid workers are released after being held for a week by Sudan rebels. (Photo: AFP)

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry confirmed the information. The six are in good health and are in a safe place with a team from the United Nations (World) Food Program. The Bulgarian government paid no ransom for the release.

The rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) captured the 6 aid workers after their helicopter had to make an emergency landing on January 26 in a remote area of Sudan's South Kordofan state, bordering South Sudan.