Eight Red Cross workers have been kidnapped in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The team, seven Congolese and one Swiss national, was seized by rebels on Friday in South Kivu as they returned from a trip to help displaced people. The International Committee of the Red Cross said their staff were being held in the vicinity of Fizi town in South Kivu where violent clashes had displaced thousands of civilians in recent months. A Red Cross source said contact has been made with the Mai Mai Yakutumba militia holding them. UN peacekeepers, who operate across the lawless eastern region, have also been asked to help. There has been instability and violent conflict in eastern DR Congo for almost two decades and the ICRC is one of the few aid organisations working there.<br/>