About 530 former rebels from South Sudan are living in the Munigi camp, just outside of Goma, where they fled when fighting flared in the South Sudanese capital of Juba in July. "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. The 16 staff worked for the UN mission, known as MONUSCO, but there were no details about their nationalities. NO CASUALTIESThe official added that there were no casualties from the incident and that the mission had opened an investigation. Rebel leader Riek Machar remains in South Africa and has been prevented from returning to South Sudan.

Source: Daily Nation April 19, 2017 06:33 UTC