UN denies peacekeepers hostage in Darfur

Khartoum, Sudan - Fifty-five peacekeepers from the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) in Sudan's Darfur region are not hostages, the mission said after rebels reported their capture.

“They are not taken hostage but they were blocked since yesterday in northwest Darfur,” a UNAMID public information officer told AFP. - Sapa-AFP