UN peacekeeping boss orders probe of Darfur ambush

The head of UN peacekeeping said on Thursday he wants a full investigation of an ambush of UN-African Union peacekeepers in Sudan's conflict-racked western Darfur region. A peacekeeping patrol was ambushed earlier this month in the mountainous Jabel Marra area, which the Darfur rebel Sudan Liberation Movement loyal to Abdel Wahed Mohamed el-Nur says it controls.

The group has denied any involvement in the attack, though the Sudanese army says rebels were responsible. The head of UN peacekeeping, Alain Le Roy, told reporters he wanted to know who was responsible for the ambush of 63 peacekeepers. He added that the mission in Darfur, known as UNAMID, had the right to go anywhere in the region. (Reuters)