Rwanda forces vow to protect civilians in Darfur

President of Rwanda, Paul Kaghami, announced that the forces in Rwanda whose vanguards arrived on Saturday to Sudan will use force if this will be necessary to protect the civilians in Darfur.

Kaghami said upon seeing off the Rwandan soldiers that Rwanda forces will not repeat the mistake committed by the UN forces in Rwanda in 1994, when it carried out no role to halt the massacres, stressing that these forces are commissioned to interfere in case the life of civilians is endangered.

Three warplanes also transported to Darfur weapons and ammunitions and armored vehicles where some 150 soldiers from Rwanda will be deployed to take part in the mission to protect some 80 UN observers from the African Union to follow up the implementation of ceasefire between the government and the rebels. The soldiers from Rwanda will be followed by 150 soldiers from Nigeria later this month.