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AMIS Civpol Monitor Shot Dead In Darfur

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Press Statement
by the AU Ceasefire Commission on the killing of an AMIS Civpol monitor

The AU Ceasefire Commission is shocked by the news of the killing of an AMIS CIVPOL monitor who was shot dead today 1 February 2007 by unknown gunmen who snatched the AMIS vehicle in which the officer with two other colleagues were riding in.

The Ceasefire Commission condemns the shooting of the officer who was unarmed and performing his normal patrol duty in an IDP camp at the time.

It is to be recalled that on 10 December 2006 an AMIS military officer was abducted along with his vehicle by unknown persons and has not been found to date. Also, on 22 December 2006 and on 26 January 2007 AMIS vehicles were hijacked by unknown persons.

AMIS is calling on the perpetrators to desist from such ruthless acts and is strongly appealing to them to handover the officer unconditionally and return the vehicles they have snatched without further delay.

Once again the AU Ceasefire Commission would like to remind the perpetrators that AMIS is here to help Sudan make peace and is not part of the conflict in Darfur.


El Fasher, 1 February 2007

King Kong Versus Godzilla

The titanic battle between the King Kong and Godzilla of Nigerian politics is still on as the President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar are at loggerheads over the political leadership of Nigeria. And Atiku seems to have gained the upper hand in the power struggle.

Atiku was on leave in the US and met with American journalists to tell them how corrupt President Olusegun Obasanjo is. And to defend himself, Obasanjo invited 12 American journalists to his Aso Villa in Abuja and told them that the Vice President Atiku Abubakar is the one guilty of corruption. But one of the journalists preferred to visit Ajegunle,the notorious ghetto in downtown Lagos city and the miserable lives of the poverty-stricken Nigerians he saw there made him wiser.

When fools are in power
There will be disorder.