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| Peacekeeper Killed, Three Wounded in Sudan's Darfur |
| 2014-05-25 |
| [An Nahar] A Rwandan peacekeeper has been killed and three others maimed in a shootout after trying to mediate a tribal dispute in Sudan's Darfur region, the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... -U.N. mission said on Saturday. "As a result of the ensuing fighting, four Rwandan peacekeepers were maimed and, unfortunately, one of them died from his wounds," UNAMID said in a statement. One of the maimed peacekeepers is in a critical condition, it said. The incident occurred on Saturday morning in Kebkabiya, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) west of El Fasher, the North Darfur state capital. After altercations between non-Arab Fur people from one village and an Arab militia from another community, a UNAMID team attended a mediation session in an effort to ease tensions. "The Arab militia elements, nevertheless, became hostile towards UNAMID peacekeepers and started shooting at them, at which point the peacekeepers returned fire," the mission said. "The fighting left an unconfirmed number of casualties among the assailants." UNAMID chief Mohammed Ibn Chambas condemned the "heinous criminal act in the strongest possible terms." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Obviously UNAMID was in serious need of a community organizer. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-05-25 12:54 |