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The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed a report which appeared in The Times that its members were stranded in bases across Sudan's Darfur region.
“There is no ounce of factual truth in the article. The article is viewed as a poor ploy to incite panic and alarm for families, friends and loved ones of the deployed men and women of the SANDF,” the Defence Force said on Thursday. The media report had indicated that soldiers were waiting for a chartered aircraft to bring them home. The SANDF reiterated that all planning for the withdrawal of SANDF troops and assets from Sudan was underway as determined by the relevant entities or authorities. The 850 South African soldiers have been serving in Darfur on a rotational basis as part of a combined African Union/United Nations peace mission (UNAMID).
- Read this report in full at SA Govt News Agency
- See too, SA troops left in the lurch at bases across Sudan's violent Darfur region, at TimesLive
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