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RDF deploys last AU Darfur peacekeepers

KIGALI - Rwanda has started deploying its last batch of African Union peacekeepers in the Sudanese war-torn region of Darfur. The development marks the end of years of rotation of the country’s AU Darfur peacekeepers following an initial deployment in August 2004. The last group is composed of 538 Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) peacekeepers, hundred of whom were airlifted yesterday by the US’ Miami Air International Boeing 737-800 jet Reg. No N739MA, the same aircraft that transported their colleagues earlier.
RDF Chief of Logistics (J4) Maj. Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba (L) and Lt. Gen. Kayonga see off the the first group of the last battalion for the AU mission in Darfur. (Photo/J. Mbanda)
RDF Chief of Logistics (J4) Maj. Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba (L) and Lt. Gen. Kayonga see off the the first group of the last battalion for the AU mission in Darfur. (Photo/J. Mbanda)
Edwin Musoni