They were found in the Democratic Republic of Congo and some  are in critical condition.

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UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric says the fighters have been helped on purely humanitarian grounds.

They surrendered their arms before boarding the helicopters that evacuated them.

They’d been chased from South Sudan’s capital of Juba in July after heavy fighting with forces loyal to President Salva Kiir.

Machar, who is the country’s former vice president, was also injured and aided by the UN mission in the DRC.

He’s currently undergoing medical treatment in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum.

Fighting in South Sudan began with a dispute between Kiir and Machar in December 2013 has cost tens of thousands of lives and displaced 2,5 million people.

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The Rwandan rebels, many of whom were involved in the genocide there 21 years ago, have failed to meet last Friday’s deadline to surrender.

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric says the blue helmets and Congolese forces are preparing their operation against the Hutu extremists who fled across the border from Rwanda after being involved in the 1994 genocide there.

She says the UN force known has MONUSCO has already prepositioned its troops and equipment.

The UN chief envoy in the DRC Martin Kobler has updated the world body’s Security Council in New York on developments but he did not give a date for the start of the military offensive

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