Darfur: UN-African Union Force Condemns ‘Cowardly’ Attack Against Blue Helmets

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–5 December 2009 – The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today spoke out against the “cowardly” attack against its forces yesterday that claimed the lives of three blue helmets.

Two soldiers were also seriously wounded in the incident that took place at about 4:45 pm local time, when a platoon comprising 20 Rwandan peacekeepers escorting a water tanker was attacked by unknown gunmen in Saraf Umra in…