Sudan: Darfur Rebels Seize 31 Internally Displaced Persons

25 March 2013

Khartoum — A rebel group seized 31 displaced people at gunpoint on Sunday, who were travelling to a refugee conference under the escort of UN peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region.

According to a statement from the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), a convoy of three buses was transporting the internally displaced persons (IDP's) when they were stopped by armed men wearing military uniforms in seven jeeps with mounted guns.

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