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| Rwandan soldiers killed in Darfur | |
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| Two more Rwandan peacekeepers have been killed and one injured in Sudan's Darfur region - the second deadly attack on the contingent in two days. | Two more Rwandan peacekeepers have been killed and one injured in Sudan's Darfur region - the second deadly attack on the contingent in two days. |
| The soldiers were distributing water at a camp for the displaced when at least one man approached them and opened fire, officials say. | |
| On Friday, three Rwandan peacekeepers were killed and two injured after an attack on a convoy. | On Friday, three Rwandan peacekeepers were killed and two injured after an attack on a convoy. |
| Rwandans are serving in the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force. | Rwandans are serving in the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force. |
| On Saturday, the two Rwandan soldiers were killed at the camp in Shangil Tobaa, officials said. | |
| They did not provide further details. | |
| More than 20 Unamid personnel have died in troubled Darfur in the past two years. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| About 2.7 million people are thought to have been displaced during the conflict. |