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Four South African peacekeepers kidnapped in Sudan's Darfur
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Apr 13, 2010 - 6:52:41 AM

Scam mars Darfur polls

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Election officials in Sudan have extended voting in presidential, parliamentary and local polls by two days, until Thursday. It is in response to problems, especially in the south, where ballots have not been delivered on time, and names have been left off electoral registers. Irregularities have also been reported in Sudan's western Darfur region. Two ruling party candidates have even disappeared following a scam, denting voter confidence. Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall reports from Darfur.

Scam mars Darfur polls

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Election officials in Sudan have extended voting in presidential, parliamentary and local polls by two days, until Thursday. It is in response to problems, especially in the south, where ballots have not been delivered on time, and names have been left off electoral registers. Irregularities have also been reported in Sudan's western Darfur region. Two ruling party candidates have even disappeared following a scam, denting voter confidence. Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall reports from Darfur.

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KHARTOUM, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Four peacekeepers belonging to the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the restive western Sudanese region of Darfur, a UNAMID source told Xinhua on Tuesday. The anonymous source said the four South African peacekeepers, two male and two female, were stopped by some 10 gunmen when they were driving from their working site to their private accommodation near Nyala, the capital city of the South Darfur state, on Sunday. The source quoted witnesses as saying that the four policemen were forced to step off their vehicle at gunpoint. No armed group in Darfur has made contacts with the UNAMID to claim responsibility for the kidnapping, the source noted. UNAMID spokesman Noureddine Mezni has refused to confirm or deny the kidnapping, noting that the four peacekeepers were reported missing since Sunday. "I can not confirm or deny this report (of the kidnapping), I have no confirmations on what had happened," the spokesman said on Tuesday.

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KHARTOUM, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Four peacekeepers belonging to the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the restive western Sudanese region of Darfur, a UNAMID source told Xinhua on Tuesday. The anonymous source said the four South African peacekeepers, two male and two female, were stopped by some 10 gunmen when they were driving from their working site to their private accommodation near Nyala, the capital city of the South Darfur state, on Sunday. The source quoted witnesses as saying that the four policemen were forced to step off their vehicle at gunpoint. No armed group in Darfur has made contacts with the UNAMID to claim responsibility for the kidnapping, the source noted. UNAMID spokesman Noureddine Mezni has refused to confirm or deny the kidnapping, noting that the four peacekeepers were reported missing since Sunday. "I can not confirm or deny this report (of the kidnapping), I have no confirmations on what had happened," the spokesman said on Tuesday.

Four South African peacekeepers kidnapped in Sudan's Darfur 
 
 
KHARTOUM, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Four peacekeepers belonging to the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the restive western Sudanese region of Darfur, a UNAMID source told Xinhua on Tuesday.

The anonymous source said the four South African peacekeepers, two male and two female, were stopped by some 10 gunmen when they were driving from their working site to their private accommodation near Nyala, the capital city of the South Darfur state, on Sunday.

The source quoted witnesses as saying that the four policemen were forced to step off their vehicle at gunpoint.

No armed group in Darfur has made contacts with the UNAMID to claim responsibility for the kidnapping, the source noted.

UNAMID spokesman Noureddine Mezni has refused to confirm or deny the kidnapping, noting that the four peacekeepers were reported missing since Sunday.

"I can not confirm or deny this report (of the kidnapping), I have no confirmations on what had happened," the spokesman said on Tuesday.