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Current Feed ContentCaptain Famara Jammeh Killed In Nepal Helicopter CrashCaptain Famara Jammeh, alias Famo, a Gambian soldier serving as an international arms monitor in Nepal under the United Nations (UNMIN), has died in Monday’s helicopter accident in Nepal, The Point has gathered. The United Nations has confirmed that seven of its staff and three crew members died when one of its helicopters crashed last Monday afternoon. Captain Jammeh is among the four international arms monitors who lost their lives in the crash. The three others are from Indonesia, Republic...SUDAN: Joint Darfur mission short of air transport unitsThe African Union/UN hybrid mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has received commitments for most of its infantry requirements but has yet to secure pledges for air transport, a senior official said. "We are talking about attack and utility helicopters, heavy lift transport units," Henry Anyidoho, the AU-UN Deputy Joint Special Representative Designate in Sudan, said in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. "These are still outstanding. We have not received any pledges." An update presented to the AU Peace... |
