Head of UN-AU peacekeepers in Darfur visits clash site
10:46, 6 June 2009
UNITED NATIONS. June 6. KAZINFORM Head of the UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in the war-ravaged western Sudanese region of Darfur on Friday visited the scene of recent deadly clashes between Sudanese government forces and rebel militants, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
General Martin Luther Agwai, Force Commander of the joint UN-AU mission in Darfur (UNAMID), met with military and police personnel under his command deployed in the region and was briefed the security situation following the clashes.
He also discussed with civilians who moved to the vicinity of the UNAMID camp site near Umm Barru as a result of the clashes in the far west of North Darfur state.
The fighting between Sudanese forces and armed members of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) late last month in the North Darfur town of Umm Baru claimed more than 50 lives and forced hundreds to flee their homes, Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.chinaview.cn for full version.