10 African peacekeepers killed in Darfur attack
Ten African Union peacekeepers have been killed and 40 are missing after their base in Sudan’s Darfur region was overrun by gunmen, less than a month before peace talks are due to take place in Libya. “Ten soldiers were killed, eight wounded of whom six have been evacuated to Khartoum and 40 are still missing,” African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) spokesman Noureddine Mezni told AFP of the attack on Saturday night on Haskanita base in southern Darfur. Full Story