DARFUR / ETHIOPIAN FALLEN PEACEKEEPERS

UNAMID staff paid their last respects to three Ethiopian peacekeepers that were killed in an attack by an unidentified group near Korma, North Darfur, on Thursday the 16 October. UNAMID

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:05
• Production Date: 20 October 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS-AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN DARFUR - UNAMID
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 1210662

Description

STORY: DARFUR / ETHIOPIAN FALLEN PEACEKEEPERS
TRT: 1.05
SOURCE: UNAMID
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 19 OCTOBER 2014, EL FASHER, DARFUR

Shotlist

19 OCTOBER 2014, EL FASHER, DARFUR

1. Wide shot, coffins in front of UNAMID headquarters surrounded by peacekeepers
2. Various shots, coffins in front of flags
3. Close up, sounding of the trumpet
4. Various shots, peacekeepers with their head down and paying their last respects
5. Wide shot, UNAMID Joint Special Representative ( JSR), Mohammed Chambas paying his respect
6. Med shot, UNAMID Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Paul Mella Paul Mella saluting and showing his respects
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Joint AU-UN Joint Special Representative for Darfur, Head of UNAMID and Joint Chief Mediator:
“This act of cold blooded murder will not in any way deter the Ethiopian government, the Ethiopian people, and the Ethiopian armed forces from continuing to play a role and make their contribution for the search of peace in Darfur”
8. Med shot, peacekeepers saluting while coffins is taken away

Storyline

UNAMID staff paid their last respects to three Ethiopian peacekeepers that were killed in an attack by an unidentified group near Korma, North Darfur, on Thursday the 16 October.

This happened when a patrol of Ethiopian peacekeepers guarding a water borehole came under sudden attack. The perpetrators seized a patrol vehicle and fled the scene.

The memorial ceremony took place at the Mission’s headquarters in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur. It was led by UNAMID Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Paul Mella, and attended by outgoing Joint Special Representative (JSR) Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Acting JSR Abiodun Bashua, and other senior UNAMID personnel.

This incident brings the number of peacekeepers who lost their lives in hostile action in Darfur to 61 since the inception of the Mission in December 2007.