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Unamid in Darfur nailed to the ground?

(B2) According to the head of UN peacekeeping operations, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, the deployment of the combined UN/African Union force in Darfur (Minuad) could be delayed. Mr. Guéhenno specifies that he " missing 18 transport helicopters and six tactical helicopters and that this could create a lack of mobility and a risk of failure.

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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