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| An international peacekeeper has been shot dead in Sudan's Darfur region, in an apparent bid to steal his car, the joint UN-African Union mission said. | An international peacekeeper has been shot dead in Sudan's Darfur region, in an apparent bid to steal his car, the joint UN-African Union mission said. |
| He was shot outside his home on Thursday night in the south Darfur town of Nyala as he was parking his car, Unamid officials said. | |
| Details of the dead man's nationality and rank were not given. | Details of the dead man's nationality and rank were not given. |
| Sudan announced earlier that it was inviting new aid groups to work in Darfur in a move welcomed by the UN. | |
| It expelled 13 foreign aid groups in March after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. | |
| But on Thursday, the Minister for Humanitarian Assistance, Haroun Lual Ruun, said Khartoum would invite new non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to Darfur and allow UN agencies and NGOs currently operating there to "expand their existing operations". | |
| 'War crime' | |
| A number of gunmen attacked the peacekeeper, Unamid spokesman Kemal Saiki said. | |
| His car was later found abandoned 7km from Nyala. | |
| Rudolph Adada, the Unamid special representative, condemned the attack | |
| "Attacks against peacekeepers are considered war crimes," he said. | |
| Before the latest killing, Unamid had suffered 34 deaths since it began operating in Darfur on 31 July 2007, its website records | |
| As of 31 March, it had a total of 15,351 uniformed personnel on the ground plus 919 international civilian personnel. |