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Rwandan peacekeepers rescue 20 UN workers in South Sudan following an armed ambush
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UNMISS peacekeepers from Rwanda rescued 20 UN workers who were ambushed in Longiro, Eastern Equatoria.
Twenty (20) United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) workers were rescued by Rwandan peacekeepers and United Nations Mission Observers from UNMISS(United Nations Mission in South Sudan), after being ambushed in Longiro, an area some 58 kilometres north of Torit, the capital and largest city of Eastern Equatoria State in South Sudan.
Those 20 UN workers were part of a team from G4S Global contracted by UNMAS. “We found them shaken and terrified; some of them had suffered injuries from the attack. They told us they had not slept for five days and were relieved to see us,” stated Major Aime Uwimana, commanding officer of the Rwandan troops.
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Poor roads hamper UNMISS peacekeepers on a rescue mission.
Even those working at removing and disabling mines as well as other potentially lethal remnants of war are not safe from attacks, including ambushes by rebels.
This was forcibly brought home recently in South Sudan where Rwandan soldiers on peacekeeping duty with UNMISS (UN Mission in South Sudan) rescued
UNMAS (UN Mine Action Service) workers after they were ambushed in Longiro, 60km north of Torit in Equatoria.
The deminers are part of G4S Global team contracted by the world body’s specialist demining group.
The UNMAS team were returning from Torit with food and cash supplies for a sister team in Longiro when they were surrounded by about 30 gunmen at a roadblock.