Talk:United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur

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Latest comment: 7 years ago by Simbi Steele in topic Known fatalities

Name

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The correct name of the mission is African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur. The article should be corrected and moved. Henning Blatt (talk) 18:22, 3 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

Casualties?

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According to the UNAMID site, they've suffered 21 casualties total, but a quick search revealed little in the way of other references. The link is http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unamid/facts.html. Executive Outcomes (talk) 00:28, 16 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Criticism and Controversy

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UNAMID has come under heavy criticism, including criticism from within the UN, with accusations being leveled that it's troops have in fact raped and attacked the people that it is their mission to protect.([6 December 2014 1]) This article needs major attention.ShulMaven (talk) 12:22, 9 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

This is outrageous; not a single one of the articles you cited mentions peacekeepers raping anyone. InternationalistChap (talk) 16:44, 20 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

South African withdrawal announced today

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The South African government announced today that the South African infantry battalion currently in Darfur will not be replaced when their next scheduled rotation falls due. The announcement did not mention non-infantry members of the South African contingent.[1][2] Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:06, 24 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

The date for South Africa's withdrawal has been set - 15 April 2016.[3] Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:16, 29 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

References

  1. ^ Richard Stupart (2016-02-24). "South Africa to withdraw from UNAMID | African Defence Review". Africandefence.net. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  2. ^ "President Jacob Zuma orders withdrawal of SANDF members in Sudan | South African Government". Gov.za. 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  3. ^ "South African soldiers will exit Sudan no later than April 15". defenceWeb. 2016-02-26. Retrieved 2016-02-29.

Known fatalities

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I recently updated the figures for fatalities by nation - from the UN website. I have kept newspaper or other references to casualties among South Africa, Tanzanian and Rwandan UNAMID personnel. So I have a table with the names of the eight South Africans who died, most of the Rwandans and some of the Tanzanians. I am uncertain whether or not to add this detail. First, it seems a bit biased to include only some nations' fatalities. Second, these fatalities include suicides and reporting them to the world may be seen by relatives as insensitive.Simbi Steele (talk) 02:48, 18 February 2017 (UTC)Reply
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