Bulgaria says six nationals working for U.N. taken captive by rebels in Sudan
(Reuters) – A Sudanese rebel group has taken six Bulgarians working with the UN’s World Food Programme captive after their helicopter was forced to land in war-torn South Kordofan province in southern Sudan, the Bulgarian foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
Fighting between the government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, which the ministry said was holding the Bulgarians captive, has increased in the provinces of South Kordofan and Blue Nile since peace talks collapsed in December.
(Writing by Shadi Bushra; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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