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| African Union peacekeeper killed in Darfur |
| 2007-04-16 |
| KHARTOUM - An officer with the African Union peacekeeping force was shot dead in Al Fasher in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan, the seventh killed this month, a mission spokesman said on Sunday. ‘The officer was killed by shots from unknown gunmen near the entrance to the headquarters of the African force in Al Fasher (capital of North Darfur state) and his vehicle was stolen,’ Nourredine Mezni told AFP. The nationality of the officer was not disclosed. On Tuesday, a Rwandan peacekeeper was shot dead and two others wounded, also in North Darfur. The bloodiest attack on the 7,000-strong force came on April 1 when five Senegalese soldiers guarding a Darfur watering station were shot dead, an incident blamed by Khartoum on the rebel Sudanese Liberation Army. The deaths prompted the Senegalese government on Thursday to warn that it might pull out its 500-strong contingent if the African Union could not guarantee its soldiers’ safety. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 You would think that by now they would be willing and able to shoot BACK, wouldn't you? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-04-16 07:07 |