KHARTOUM – The U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur says gunmen have kidnapped an Italian aid worker.
UNAMID says the Italian was driving Sunday with two Sudanese colleagues in Nyala in south Darfur when armed men stopped the car, forced the passengers out and took the Italian away.
The UNAMID statement Monday gave no further information about the Italian's identity or employer.
Darfur has been in turmoil since 2003, when ethnic African rebels accusing the Arab-dominated Sudanese government of discrimination took up arms against it.
The Khartoum government is accused of retaliating by unleashing Arab militias on civilians -- a charge the government denies. The U.N. estimates 300,000 people have died and 2.7 million have been displaced in the conflict.
