[RED DEMOCRATICA] Ban condemns "heinous attack on UNAMID" peacekeepers in Darfur

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UNCHR ends Rwandan refugee status, but many are reluctant to go home Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   July 15, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Ban condemns "heinous attack on UNAMID" peacekeepers in Darfur United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed "outrage" about the attack Saturday on the African Union-UN joint peacekeeping force in Darfur that killed seven Tanzanian peacekeepers, says Ban's spokesperson. The ambush was the deadliest attack on the peacekeeping force in its five-year history. 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