Eight Red Cross workers in rebel’s hands

Last Friday 9th of April, a Red Cross team was kidnapped by rebels in South Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo). The team was made up of seven Congolese and one Swiss national. They were returning from a trip to help displaced people when rebels caught them. Fortunately, an ICRD spokeswoman has been able to talk to the staff members by telephone and they are all fine. As a result of this, UN has started to negotiate with the rebels, so it has the big world’s peacekeeping mission in the country, but it won’t be easy because of the inestability and the violence of the region.