KHARTOUM: Two members of the hybrid peacekeeping force of the United Nations and the African Union in Darfur (UNAMID) were kidnapped in the restive western Sudanese region on Saturday.

He said that the UNAMID was in contact with the kidnappers, but they refused to disclose the identity of the kidnappers or their motivation to kidnap the international peacekeepers, adding that there are some information that we will announce at a suitable time."