South Sudanese ex-rebels on Tuesday released 16 UN staff after holding them hostage for several hours in a camp in eastern DRC, a UN official said.
“We are pleased to confirm that all 16 MONUSCO staff, who were earlier being held in a camp for former combatants in Munigi, have been released,” said a UN official, AFP reports.
The details of the nationalities of the 16 MONUSCO staff were not given.
The official further said that all the staff returned safely to their homes and no casualties had been reported.
The UN mission, MONUSCO has opened investigation.
The combatants, who were disarmed when they entered the camp, have for months demanded to be relocated, but UN officials have been unable to find countries willing to take them in, the report says.
Rebel leader Riek Machar remains in South Africa and has been prevented from returning to South Sudan.
