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| Rwanda peacekeepers die in Darfur | Rwanda peacekeepers die in Darfur |
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| Two Rwandan peacekeepers have been killed and three wounded in Sudan's Darfur region, the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force (Unamid) says. | |
| A spokesman for Unamid told Reuters news agency gunmen had fired on 20 peacekeepers escorting a water tanker. | A spokesman for Unamid told Reuters news agency gunmen had fired on 20 peacekeepers escorting a water tanker. |
| A number of peacekeepers have died in troubled Darfur in the past two years. | A number of peacekeepers have died in troubled Darfur in the past two years. |
| Rights groups estimate 300,000 people have been killed since the conflict began in 2003, although Khartoum has put the death toll at about 10,000. | Rights groups estimate 300,000 people have been killed since the conflict began in 2003, although Khartoum has put the death toll at about 10,000. |
| However, levels of violence have fallen in the region in recent months. | |
| Violence flared in Darfur in 2003 when black African rebel groups took up arms against the Sudanese government in Khartoum, complaining of discrimination and neglect. | |
| Pro-government Arab militias then started a campaign of violence, targeting the black African population. | |
| About 2.7m people are thought to have been displaced during the six-year conflict. |