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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 seriously wounded in Sudan's Darfur region, the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force says. | |
| A spokesman for Unamid said gunmen had fired on 20 peacekeepers escorting a water tanker near houses and a market. | |
| Nineteen Unamid personnel 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, overall levels of violence have fallen in the region in recent months. | |
| Unamid spokesman Kemal Saiki told reporters the group of Rwandan peacekeepers had been ambushed by unknown armed men. | |
| The peacekeepers had returned fire on their attackers as they fled but had been careful to avoid civilian casualties, he said. | |
| The attack took place about 2km (1.24 miles) from a Unamid base in the village of Saraf Omra, near a Sudanese government checkpoint. | |
| As of late October, Unamid had just over 19,000 uniformed personnel on the ground in Darfur. | |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | About 2.7m people are thought to have been displaced during the six-year conflict. |