JUBA: Two Kenyan pilots have been seized by rebels in South Sudan after their plane crash-landed, killing one person, the UN said on Wednesday. Details about the crash landing are sketchy but the website of Kenyan paper The Standard says the plane suffered technical problems and came down a few minutes after takeoff. The pilots were detained because the family of the deceased and owners of the cattle are demanding “compensation,” he added. We don’t want to use this opportunity to extort money from the company of these pilots,” the rebels’ spokesman said. A peace deal collapsed in July 2016 after fresh fighting in Juba forced then first vice president Machar into exile.

Source: Ethiopian News January 24, 2018 16:07 UTC