Two peacekeepers with the joint UN-African Union force in the Sudanese region of Darfur have been kidnapped. A spokesman for the mission said the two police advisers were seized by gunmen about 100 metres from their accommodation in Nyala. The UN says that about 300,000 people have been killed in Darfur and more than 2.6 million displaced since ethnic rebels took up arms in 2003. There has been a wave of kidnappings in Darfur targeting foreign aid workers in recent years. Peacekeepers or civilian workers with Unamid have also been targeted by kidnappers.