A handout picture released by the United Nations-African Union Mission
in Darfur (UNAMID) shows one of its peacekeepers from Nigeria patrolling
Labado village, East Darfur on November 19, 2013. PHOTO | UNAMID |
ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN
AFP
KHARTOUM
Two
Sudanese health ministry workers helping to vaccinate children in the
Darfur region have been killed, the United Nations said on Saturday,
condemning the inciden
The victims, a vaccinator and a
driver, were part of a team inoculating vulnerable children against
measles in West Darfur state, Ali Al-Za'tari, the UN's chief in Sudan,
said in a statement.
It did not say exactly how they died, or when.
"I
call on all parties to ensure the protection of all personnel working
to deliver assistance to populations in need throughout Sudan," Za'tari
said.
Violence has worsened in Darfur, where at least
460,000 people have been displaced by fighting this year, the United
Nations says.
While battles between the government and
rebels continue, Defence Minister Abdelrahim Mohammed Hussein said this
month that violence between Darfur's various tribes has eclipsed rebel
activity as the main security threat.
The fighting, largely between Arab groups over land and other resources, has involved heavy weapons including rockets.
UPRISING
Non-Arab
rebels rose up 10 years ago in Darfur, seeking an end to what they
viewed as Arab elites' domination of Sudan's power and wealth.
In response, government-backed Janjaweed militiamen shocked the world with atrocities against civilians.
Analysts
say the cash-starved Khartoum government can no longer control its
former Arab tribal allies, whom it armed against the rebellion.
Government-linked
militia and paramilitary groups are suspected of carrying out many
kidnappings, carjackings and other crimes in the region.
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