Kigali — The Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) have offered yet another battalion of 800 troops for the new hybrid UN-AU peacekeeping mission in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan.
Rwanda already has close to 2000 military men and officers in region where about 200,000 people have died and another 2.5 million left homeless since 2003. According to the RDF Spokesman Maj. Jill Rutaremara, the new contingent will be airlifted for the mission from October 15 - 26.
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