95 Gambian police officers join Darfur peacekeeping mission
June 22, 2009 (EL-FASHER) — Some 95 Gambian police officers arrived to Darfur region during the past week to join the African Union-UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur known as UNAMID.
The 92 male and three female officers will be deployed in the region after they complete induction training in El-Fasher, the mission said on Monday.
There are some 13,455 personnel already there – out of a total Security Council authorized force of 19,555.
The peacekeeping mission also reported that three unidentified gunmen car-jacked a vehicle belonging to a UN agency in El Geneina on 21 June.
The armed men ordered the driver and two other international staff members out of the car and drove away. The car-jackers also stole one laptop computer and one passport.
No one was injured.
Sudanese Police and National Security officials were immediately notified.
(ST)