10 civilians killed during air strikes in North Darfur – UNAMID
May 23, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – Darfur peacekeepers reported yesterday that 10 people were killed during a recent air attack by the Sudanese army in the restive region of Darfur.
“A UNAMID patrol has confirmed air strikes on 18 May in the North Darfur villages of Um Rayi and Hashaba, 72 km and 62 km northeast of Kutum respectively. According to residents, the attacks resulted in more than ten deaths,” the peacekeeping operation said.
The hybrid mission further said that there were no casualties reported from Baashim village, 80 km northeast of Kutum, also bombed by the Sudanese air force on 18 May.
UNAMID, three years after its establishment, has become a central partner for the humanitarian agencies and aid groups. It is also subjected to attacks and criticisms from the government and rebel groups in the region.
A media outlet known for its connections with the ruling party and the security services, SMC, disseminated a series of reports against UNAMID accusing it of supporting the rebel groups.
The largest peacekeeping operation also hires many local employees to facilitate its various activities in the IDP camps in Darfur where the Sudanese security service arrested, earlier this month, a local staff member named Hawa Abdella.
The SMC claimed that Hawa is an active member of the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdel Wahid Al-Nur and said it she was arrested for carrying out “extensive Christianization” of children inside IDP camps.
UNAMID chief, Ibrahim Gambari, last week called for the immediate release of two civilian members of staff arrested by Sudanese authorities.
In a meeting with the mission staff Gambari said the arrest of the two local staff members contravened the agreement signed between the hybrid mission and the and the Government of Sudan.
In accordance with the signed agreement “should the Government consider that any member of UNAMID has committed a criminal offence, it shall promptly inform the Joint Special Representative and present to him any evidence available to it…” he told the meeting.
“The JSR shall conduct any necessary supplementary inquiry and then agree with the Government whether or not criminal proceedings should be instituted,” he added.
The head of the mission however said he has so far received no such information on the staff being held.
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Mapuor
10 civilians killed during air strikes in North Darfur – UNAMID
Dear Jallaby,I think you don’t know anything about the war & specifically the battle field. War will never solve anything, more over war is internicine.Now if you go to Abiei everybody is extremely sad.SAF are blaming Bashir for ordering them to go to Abiei & die miserably, the SAF forces are now living in suspense praying God to help them for they know Bashir is a satan who laughs when thousands of his subjects are eaten by vultures. We all know weapons are manufactured outside the country & all parties to the conflict have equal access to them, the long war is the proof. If SAF failed to defeat the SPLA when it didnt have money,will SAF be able to do so NOW?!.Surely Bashir is insane, war in Darfur,Nuba mountains ,Abiei,South blue Nile, Eastern Sudan & Republic of South Sudan!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ajok Garang
10 civilians killed during air strikes in North Darfur – UNAMID
You are right mr Mapour …every war fought is sudan general is by this jalaba ,now its again in Darfur civilian are dying in number and in Abyei too and are the same SAF who are doing that ….this is a problem of this Jalabin who came as traders to sudan many centuries ago but when you see others who donot know what they are saying they put fingers on Dinka when in Darfur there are no dinkas who coused that problem ,in the Eastern sudan its the same situation ..the whole sudan will be in Peace when jalabas are not there ,even after the independence of Southern Sudan ,i know they will be hiring some individual to distabilised the whole southern Sudan if our people are not careful …i watched a movieabout darfur in Juba where small boys were forced to go in the house and burnt them inside and women where raped live by the Arabs ..many people knows that movie ,its everywhere and that one shows that many abuse of humanrights are being done by the SAF ..
After southern Sudan ,many areas in the North will split away from the North due to such actions ..
After Binladen Mr Bashiir will be the next because he is a terrorist .
Marco A. Wek
10 civilians killed during air strikes in North Darfur – UNAMID
Jalaby, Mohammed Ali, Sam Eto, Adam and the likes, this is the evil National Criminal Party government you people are proud of when they bomb civilian villages killing women and children and meanwhile they wouldn’t use the same airplanes to retaliate to Israelis when they kill their brothers terrorists inside Sudan. This is the kind of army and air power specializing on civilian you people are proud of. What a poor army? Bombing villages and killing civilians is a crime but to the criminals is a pride. I am wondering if people are sorry about the Darfur civilians bombing or cerlibrating the northern Sudan army victory over the villagers of Darfur.