09/04/2014
Darfur violence: UN troops 'failed to stop attacks'
UN peacekeepers failed to protect civilians in Sudan#039;s Darfur region, even when they were shot in front of them, a former UN spokeswoman has said. Aicha el Basri told the BBC UN chief Ban Ki-moon was part of a quot;conspiracy of silencequot; about the conflict. She said she resigned last year because she quot;felt ashamed to be a spokesperson for a mission that liesquot;. Responding, a UN official said the mission was doing a quot;bravequot; job and reported quot;faithfully on what we knowquot;. quot;Yes, there have been incidents, some of them...
