Sunday, December 23, 2012

ዳርፉር የሚገኘ ኢትዮጲያዊ ሰላም ኣስከባሪ ወታደር ሶስት ሌሎች ኢትዮጲያዊያን ወታደሮችን ገሎ ራሱን አጠፋ

In this photo released by the United Nations African Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), UNAMID Force Commander, Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba from Rwanda inspects one of the UNAMID vehicles that suffered an ambush Tuesday night that killed four peacekeepers, in El Geneina, Sudan, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Albert Gonzلlez Farran, UNAMID)
KHARTOUM: Three peacekeepers shot dead by one of their comrades in Sudan’stroubled Darfur region were all Ethiopian, a source familiar with the incident told AFPon Saturday.
The shooter, who subsequently killed himself, was also from the East African country, the source said, asking for anonymity.
“All of them are Ethiopian,” said the source.
The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has not released the nationalities of the dead or details of what led to the shooting. While UNAMID is investigating circumstances surrounding the incident, the source told AFP that the peacekeepers are in a stressful environment, “all the time in a dangerous place and all the time away from families.”
In October five peacekeepers died in hostile action. A South African member of the force was killed during an ambush en route to the Hashaba area of North Darfur, and four Nigerians lost their lives in an attack near El-GeneinaWest Darfur.
The attack on the Nigerians was the deadliest in UNAMID history, according to UN sources. The October killings brought to 43 the number of UNAMID troops killed in hostile action in the nearly five-year history of the world’s largest peacekeeping mission.
UNAMID has a mandate to protect civilians in Sudan’s far-west region, where rebels began an uprising against the Arab-dominated Khartoum government almost a decade ago.
Read more: dailystar.com.lb

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