Peacekeepers held in Sudan

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A militant rebel group in Sudan claims to have captured 52 international peacekeeping troops in the war-torn Darfur region.

The soldiers from the joint UN-African Union UNAMID force have repeatedly been caught in the crossfire between government troops and rebels.

The militants accuse the peacekeepers of cooperating with the state security services.

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