A United Nations peacekeeper was killed during an attack by armed men in Central African Republic, the UN said as the Security Council expressed concerns over growing attacks against peacekeepers in the country.
A Zambian peacekeeper was killed when suspected Sudanese armed groups attacked a U.N. peacekeeping patrol team close to the country’s northern border with Sudan in the village of Am-Sissia 1, according to a statement from the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. A second peacekeeper was injured and is undergoing medical treatment.
The victim was identified as 33-year-old Stephen Muloké Sachachoma, a member of the Zambian military with MINUSCA, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic.
Mulambo Haimbe, Zambia’s minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, demanded that those responsible be brought to justice in accordance with international law.
It marked the third attack this year against the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country, often carried out by armed groups vying for control and targeting security forces in conflict-hit areas.
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