Darfur — Five members of the RDF serving under the hybrid AU/UN mission in Darfur (UNAMID) died yesterday when a convoy they were escorting fell into an ambush in Shangiya Tobaya, 40km south of El-Fasher in the Sudanese troubled area of Darfur.
RDF spokesman Major Jules Rutaremara told The New Times that 17 others are reported to have been wounded in what is the worst attack against the RDF peacekeepers since they were deployed to the troubled region.
The peacekeepers were part of a protection force that was escorting UNAMID observers which fell into the ambush by heavily armed men with over 40 vehicles mounted with heavy calibre anti-aircraft weapons.
"Our peacekeepers are ill equipped in a situation where they come under attack from heavily armed people," explained Maj. Rutaremara.
The spokesman was echoing existing concerns by many observers, including the UN, who have called on the international community for more and better equipment. Despite the tragedy, Rutaremara said that the RDF would continue with their mission.
"But our mission in Darfur will be marked with more vigilance and self defence," he noted.
The death of the five brings the number of fatalities in war-torn Darfur to 15 since the troops were deployed there in 2004.
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It is very unfortunate that people comes from far away to try to help sudanese achieve some peace and are attacked by the same sudanese.
Sad that gallant peacekeepers' lives continue to be lost in the Darfur conflict. Unfortunately, the situation is likely to be like that until and only when the international community says 'enough is enough' and send more and better equipped troops to support those already on the ground.
Gen Agwai has been placed between a rock and a hard place. Give him the manpower and resources so that he can deliver and bring up the much needed peace in an area that has known many days of suffering than of happiness.
Bring in every thing guys, helicopter gunships and all that kind of weaponery so that our peacekeepers have the much needed protection. Lets put their safety first, only then will they be able to keep the peace.
I salute the gallant men that gave up their lives for the sake of a better Darfur, lets not fail them but rise to the challenge and face these murderous thugs head on and forever put an end to this madness in Darfur!
I think the inetrnational community is not bothered about the current Darfur crisis. No wonder they observed when a million innocent Rwandese were massacred in Rwanda in 1994.In Rwandese soldiers who lost their lives in sudan
What is happening in Sudan is really SAD.
The US and Britain are busy at the UN pushing for sanctions against MUGABE just because a few white people were forced out of their farms.
Let us just pray that God will help the people of Darfur and restore their peace.
Countries do act when they have INTERESTS (as for the case of western pressure in Zimbabwe) and never or act little when there is none.
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Where was the voices of the England when all this was happening !!!!!
Where were the voices of the peoples of England, France and the USA when their rulers institutes laws that institutionalizes economic entrapment labor entrapment and psychological warfare in the USA and Africa !!!!! Their Governments implemented policies to Suck the economic life blood of the poor struggling nations around the planet.
You only hear their Politicians and their mouth pieces (news media) bellowing when the sheep refuses to be shorn, as they endeavor to put non Europeans back in their rightful place. "Their house boys in suits" Lets shine a light Question: In what country, and in what years the words below in brackets were most prevalent. They were written on signs and were officially posted on prominent buildings through out that country
Europeans only Chinese and dogs not allowed
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