{{Four peacekeepers are missing in Sudan’s Darfur region after being swept away by floods, a UN official has said}}.<\/p>\n
The peacekeepers were escorting an aid convoy when a “powerful current” swept them away, Rania Abdulrahman told media.<\/p>\n
Another two peacekeepers were found alive by a rescue team, she said.<\/p>\n
More than 300,000 people across Sudan have been affected by floods that have killed nearly 50 people in August, the World Health Organization has said.<\/p>\n
The region around the capital Khartoum had been particularly badly hit and was experiencing the worst floods in 25 years, it said.<\/p>\n
The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Unamid, is one of the largest in the world, with about 20,000 soldiers and police.<\/p>\n
The peacekeepers were en route to Misterei, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) south-west of the regional capital Geneina, with a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy when a flash flood hit, Ms Abdulrahman said.<\/p>\n
“The incident occurred while the peacekeepers attempted to pull out their truck which was stuck in the mud of a river valley,” she said.<\/p>\n
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