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Aid workers shot dead in Darfur | Aid workers shot dead in Darfur |
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Two Sudanese men working for a French aid group in Darfur have been shot dead in an ambush, says the United Nations. | Two Sudanese men working for a French aid group in Darfur have been shot dead in an ambush, says the United Nations. |
It happened in South Darfur on Saturday evening in an area of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels. | It happened in South Darfur on Saturday evening in an area of heavy fighting between government troops and rebels. |
Reports say more than 20 bandits on camels and horses, opened fire when the aid workers drove past; they had earlier looted a truck on the road. | |
UN spokesman Kemal Saiki said four other civilians were wounded in the attack 80km (50 miles) from Nyala city. | UN spokesman Kemal Saiki said four other civilians were wounded in the attack 80km (50 miles) from Nyala city. |
The men worked for Aide Medicale Internationale. | The men worked for Aide Medicale Internationale. |
Attacks on foreign aid groups in the region have increased recently. | Attacks on foreign aid groups in the region have increased recently. |
'Jeeps prized' | |
A spokesman for Aide Medicale Internationale said the victims had been travelling at the time of the attack in a public bus, not a four-wheel drive vehicle, for security reasons. | |
"We took the decision to travel by public transport because four-by-four vehicles and jeeps are prized by bandits in Darfur," Frederic Mar told AFP news agency. | |
The attack came as UN aid operations resumed in Mahajiriya, a former stronghold of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (Jem). | |
Some 50,000 people fled the South Darfuri town during government bombing raids to flush out the rebels. | |
Jem and the government signed a confidence-building pact last week. | |
However, the BBC's Karen Allen in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, says tens of thousand of people in outlying areas remain out of reach. | |
Meanwhile, President Omar al-Bashir, who is waiting to hear whether he will be served with an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes in Darfur, has returned from a visit to Egypt. | |
Cairo asked for the ICC to defer the arrest warrant for at least a year, warning of dangerous consequences if it went ahead. | |
Up to 300,000 people are said to have died in Darfur in a six-year conflict between the government and rebels. |
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