Gunmen kill two in ambush on WHO vehicle in Darfur: UN
Gunmen have shot dead at least two Sudanese government staff in an ambush on a vehicle belonging to the World Health Organization (WHO) in Sudan’s conflict-hit western region of Darfur, UN sources say.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement on Thursday that the deadly incident took place some 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the West Darfur state's capital, El Geneina, on Tuesday.
“Unidentified gunmen ambushed the vehicle, killing the driver and a security official,” the statement read.
A WHO doctor and two officials from the West Darfur state Health Ministry emerged unscathed from the fatal attack, the statement noted.
OCHA sources say the assailants also stole the vehicle and fled the scene of the deadly attack.
Meanwhile, WHO's Sudan Representative Naeema al-Gaseer denounced the attack on health workers in the troubled region.
“WHO deplores this attack on our health workers and government colleagues. Health services are a pivotal part of all humanitarian work,” al-Gaseer said.
Darfur has been the scene of violence since 2003, when rebels took up arms against the government in Khartoum. There has also been tribal fighting in the region.
The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) was launched in 2007 in a bid to protect civilians and restore stability to the restive region.
The UN estimates that violence in Darfur has so far killed some 300,000 people and internally displaced over 2.5 million. Khartoum, however, disputes the figures, estimating the death toll at no more than 10,000.
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