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NEW YORK/SANA'A, 8 November 2014 – Colleagues at UNICEF are delighted that James Massaquoi, who was abducted in Yemen in October 2013, has today been released and is safe and well.
James is a water engineer who has been working in Yemen to help provide water and sanitation services in order to improve the health of local children. We all are proud of the work James has been doing and look forward to his return to work for children once he has spent much-needed time with his family and friends.
We thank all those who have supported efforts to bring about his safe release and we ask that he now be allowed privacy as he enjoys his reunion with his family.
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