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A Nigerian soldier of the hybrid United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) standing guard at a checkpoint near the mission's Western Sector headquarters in the outskirts of the state capital of west Darfur, El-Geneina, about 10 kms from the border with Chad. Suspected Janjaweed militia have ambushed the beleaguered UN mission in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, with one peacekeeper confirmed dead and another six missing, an official said today.

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