10 Nov 2011 - UNAMID holds a Memorial ceremony on South Darfur attack
10 November 2011- UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative for Management and Operations Mohamed B. Yonis, accompanied by the South Darfur Minister of Health Ibrahim Elkhaleel, yesterday led a memorial ceremony in Nyala for the Sierra Leonean peacekeeper killed on patrol on 6 November.
The DJSR said: “I wish to convey our sincere condolences to the family of Lance Corporal Ahmed Thomas, the UNAMID military and staff, as well as the people and the government of Sierra Leone.”
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