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| 3 U.N. Peacekeepers Shot and Wounded in Sudan's Darfur |
| 2013-08-29 |
| [An Nahar] Three peacekeepers have been shot and maimed in Sudan's East Darfur region, the mission said on Tuesday, the second attack this month against Blue Helmets in the same area. The incident occurred on Monday in the region where, according to the U.N., fighting between two Arab tribes this month killed 190 people. An "unknown gang" attacked a patrol of 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 in Darfur (UNAMID) about 36 kilometers (22 miles) northeast of the East Darfur state capital Ed Daein, said Rania Abdulrahman, a UNAMID media officer. "During the firefight three peacekeepers sustained gunshot wounds," she told Agence La Belle France Presse. Reinforcements from the UNAMID base in Ed Daein "repelled the attackers," while the maimed peacekeepers were taken to Ed Daein for treatment, Abdulrahman added. On August 12 a UNAMID police patrol was ambushed in Ed Daein but there were no injuries, UNAMID said earlier. The region surrounding the town was the scene of fighting between the Rezeigat and Maaliya tribes this month. |
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