Unamid peacekeeper slain in North Darfur attack

A Rwandan peacekeeper has died after a Unamid convoy came under attack by unknown gunmen on Sunday in North Darfur. The peacekeeper, who was shot during the attack, died of his wounds in the Mission’s hospital in Kabkabiya.The death of the Rwandan soldier has now raised the number of peacekeepers the Mission has lost in 2013 to 14. The latest attack happened at the Kabkabiya-Saraf Omra road, a Unamid statement confirms. It also says that one of its vehicles was hijacked by the attackers.”This was clearly a crime against humanity by desperate individuals,” Unamid Joint Special Representative Mohamed Ibn Chambas said. “I once more call on the Government of Sudan to act decisively and quickly in bringing the perpetrators to justice.”Chambas extends his “heartfelt condolences to the family of the fallen peacekeeper, the Rwandan contingent and the Government of Rwanda, which, he states, has contributed immensely to Unamid’s operations.”’Deeply disturbed’In a statement, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced he is “deeply disturbed to learn of another attack … by unidentified armed assailants on a Unamid convoy”.He expresses his sincere condolences to the family of the fallen peacekeeper, and to the Government of the Republic of Rwanda.The Secretary General condemns in the strongest terms this attack on Unamid and expects the Government of Sudan to take swift action to bring the perpetrators of this and previous attacks on the Mission to justice.File photo: Damage from an attack on a Unamid convoy in Nyala in July 2013 (Albert González Farran/Unamid)Related: Four Unamid peacekeepers die, one injured in separate Darfur attacks (13 October 2013)