MOSCOW, August 15 (RIA Novosti) - Two police advisors serving with UNAMID, the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force, were abducted in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, the UN News Centre said.
According to a UNAMID press release made public on Saturday, three individuals driving an SUV abducted the two officers at gunpoint. The incident took place some 100 meters from the peacekeepers' residence in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state.
An investigation into the incident is underway by Government authorities and UNAMID.
The civil war that broke out in the western region of Darfur in early 2003 has claimed the lives of more than 300,000, according to United Nations estimates, and forced 2.7 million people from their homes. Sudan puts the number of dead at 10,000. RIA Novosti
