DAKAR, Senegal — Three bodies, including those of a male and female Caucasian, have been found in Congo’s Central Kasai province, the government said Tuesday, and are suspected to be those of UN experts who disappeared there two weeks ago with colleagues.

Congolese spokesman Lambert Mende told Top Congo FM that the bodies were found Monday but did not confirm they were of Michael Sharp of the United States and Zaida Catalan of Sweden.

‘‘To our knowledge, there are no other foreigners who have disappeared in this region,’’ Mende said

Sharp’s father, John Sharp of Hesston, Kan., wrote on his Facebook page on Monday that “there is a high probability that these are the bodies of MJ and Zaida.’’

Sharp, Catalan, interpreter Betu Tshintela, driver Isaac Kabuayi, and two motorbike drivers went missing March 12 in Central Kasai while looking into recent large-scale violence and alleged human rights violations by the Congolese army and local militia groups.

Their disappearance is the first time UN experts have been reported missing in Congo, Human Rights Watch has said, and it is the first disappearance of international workers in the Kasai provinces.

Violence in the Kasai provinces in central Congo represents a new expansion of tensions.

Associated Press