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| A peacekeeper with the joint UN-African Union (Unamid) force in Darfur has been killed in an ambush. | A peacekeeper with the joint UN-African Union (Unamid) force in Darfur has been killed in an ambush. |
| "This was not a carjacking gone wrong. This was a cold-blooded ambush. They were waiting for us," Unamid spokesman Kemal Saiki told Reuters news agency. | "This was not a carjacking gone wrong. This was a cold-blooded ambush. They were waiting for us," Unamid spokesman Kemal Saiki told Reuters news agency. |
| He said a group of peacekeepers were returning from patrol when eight armed men opened fire in the town of Nyala. | He said a group of peacekeepers were returning from patrol when eight armed men opened fire in the town of Nyala. |
| One injured soldier was pronounced dead after being airlifted to the Unamid base in North Darfur capital El Fasher. | One injured soldier was pronounced dead after being airlifted to the Unamid base in North Darfur capital El Fasher. |
| It was the second such attack since the International Criminal Court at The Hague indicted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on 4 March for alleged war crimes in Darfur. | It was the second such attack since the International Criminal Court at The Hague indicted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on 4 March for alleged war crimes in Darfur. |
| Four peacekeepers were wounded in a shooting near Geneina in western Darfur last week. | |
| The death brings to 14 the number of peacekeepers killed in Darfur since the hybrid mission took over from an African Union force in January 2008, according to AFP news agency. | The death brings to 14 the number of peacekeepers killed in Darfur since the hybrid mission took over from an African Union force in January 2008, according to AFP news agency. |
| The force is set to be the world's biggest peacekeeping mission, with 26,000 troops but it currently has just 15,000 - 60% of its intended strength. | |
| The UN has said it hopes the mission will reach 80% capacity in the next three months. |