KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 26 (UPI) -- Four peacekeepers from South Africa, held for two weeks in Sudan's Darfur region, were released Monday, the United Nations said.
The two men and two women, members of the joint African Union-U.N. Mission in Darfur, are to be flown home to be reunited with their families after undergoing medical examinations, the U.N. said in a release.
The four were abducted April 11 while returning to their private quarters from their team site in Nyala. Details about the peacekeepers' captors and their release were not provided.
"We are grateful to have our colleagues back with us," U.N. mission representative Ibrahim Gambari said. "I am proud of the courage and resilience displayed by our colleagues throughout these trying circumstances."
