Two U.N. peacekeepers from Ethiopia killed in South Sudan ambush
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- Aug 24 (Reuters) - Two U.N. peacekeepers from Ethiopia were killed and seven other people injured in an ambush on Monday in South Sudan's Jonglei State, bringing to nine the number of peacekeepers killed in the line of duty worldwide this year, the United Nati...S1
- Armed men injured three additional peacekeepers as fears grow of the country relapsing into civil war.S2
- The United Nations says two of its peacekeepers have been killed in an attack carried out by unknown perpetrators on a patrol in South Sudan.S3
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Two U.N. peacekeepers from Ethiopia killed in South Sudan ambush
Aug 24 (Reuters) - Two U.N. peacekeepers from Ethiopia were killed and seven other people injured in an ambush on Monday in South Sudan's Jonglei State, bringing to nine the number…
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Published Aug 24, 2026
What to know
- Aug 24 (Reuters) - Two U.N. peacekeepers from Ethiopia were killed and seven other people injured in an ambush on Monday in South Sudan's Jonglei State, bringing to nine the number of peacekeepers killed in the line of duty worldwide this year, the United Nati...S1
- Armed men injured three additional peacekeepers as fears grow of the country relapsing into civil war.S2
- The United Nations says two of its peacekeepers have been killed in an attack carried out by unknown perpetrators on a patrol in South Sudan.S3
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