Gunmen seize Darfur peacekeepers

Khartoum, 15 Aug-(ANA)-Two peacekeepers with the joint UN-African Union force in the Sudanese region of Darfur have been kidnapped.

A spokesman for the mission said the two police advisers were seized by gunmen about 100 metres (110 yards) from their accommodation in Nyala.

The Unamid force deployed in 2008 to protect civilians in Darfur.

The UN says that about 300,000 people have been killed in Darfur and more than 2.6 million displaced since ethnic rebels took up arms in 2003.

The nationality of the police advisers kidnapped on Saturday has not been released. (ANA)

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