AU chief deplores deadly attack on AU-UN peacekeepers in Darfur
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
June 22, 2010 (ADDIS ABABA) – The African Union (AU) Commission Chairman Jean Ping, on Tuesday condemned latest assault on members of the UN/African Union (UNAMID) force.
On Monday, three Rwandan peacekeepers were gunned down in Sudan’s restive Darfur region after they suddenly came under heavy gunfire by more than 20 assailants in camouflage battle dress.
The three peacekeepers were in charge of the protection of civilian engineers building a UNAMID site near the village of Nertiti, in the Jebel Marra region
Ping “expresses his deep indignation at the unprovoked and deliberate attack,” said AU statement.
“He strongly condemns this despicable attack, which occurred at a time while collective efforts are in progress to speed up the restoration of peace, security and stability in Darfur,” it added.
Jean Ping expressed his condolences to the families of the peacekeepers who lost their lives and to the Rwandan government.
He urged all Peace keepers, police officers, and civil workers serving under the UNAMID mission to discharge their responsibility in bringing peace and stability in Darfur despite such difficult situations.
A total of 27 UNAMID police officers and soldiers have been killed in attacks since the force came to Darfur in 2008, UNAMID said.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has also condemned the attack, urging the Khartoum government to hunt down the perpetrators behind yesterday’s ambush.
The secretary-general “calls on the government of Sudan to continue to make every effort to apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to justice immediately,” said a statement issued by Ban ‘s spokesperson.
The United Nations says 300,000 people have been killed in the conflict and more than 2.2 million have fled their homes. The Khartoum government puts the death toll down at 10,000.
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Kur
AU chief deplores deadly attack on AU-UN peacekeepers in Darfur
That is the work of janjaweeds and their bosses in Khartoum. They do not want peace because it gives them no chance to rob and steal from the Sudanese people.
Kur
Dinka Boy
AU chief deplores deadly attack on AU-UN peacekeepers in Darfur
Darfur region is similiar to Somalia for sure. Sorry for you because you all confuse about your identity.
DASODIKO
AU chief deplores deadly attack on AU-UN peacekeepers in Darfur
Why AU deplore heinous killings of good hearted African soldiers who volunteered to protect their families in Darfur? AU is partly responsible for these killings, because they stood on the side of the criminal against the justice system of ICC. The wanted criminal Bashir when he discovered that these doll leaders of AU could not help him; then he started killing African soliders. I appeal the UNSC to immediatly take those captured Janjaweeds to ICC. They have have lot to tell about the criminal Bashir and his gangsters in Khartoum.
telfajbago
AU chief deplores deadly attack on AU-UN peacekeepers in Darfur
Jean ping should stop shading crocodile tears; he has been bootlicking the outrageous acts of Khartoum regime and today is regretting the attacks by Khartoum militias. You are against the indictment of your master El-Bashir so what else do you expect from Khartoum other than killing UNAMID forces when you pocketed the oil dollars and the furthest thing you can do to Khartoum is verbal condemnation.