S.Africa Army Death Toll in Central Africa Rises to 14
South Africa's death toll in last month's rebel coup in the Central African Republic has risen to 14 after the death of a wounded soldier, the army said Tuesday.
"One of the South African National Defense Force members who was injured in Central African Republic, during what has become to be known as the battle of Bangui, has since passed on," said spokesman Brigadier General Xolani Mabanga.
Thirteen South African troops died and 27 were wounded when they came under fire from thousands of rebel fighters moving on the capital which fell on March 24.
It was the country's heaviest military loss since the end of apartheid in 1994.
The soldier who died was discharged on April 19 from a Pretoria military hospital, where the injured troops were treated after being evacuated from Bangui.
He was due for a check-up on Friday, but collapsed on Monday and was rushed to hospital where he died, said Mabanga.
South Africa's government has faced an outcry over why soldiers were sent to Central Africa, amid accusations of dodgy deals and ruling party business interests in the troubled nation.
Any wrongdoing has been strongly denied.
20 May 2013, 13:12
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me people Indonesia from tribe of toraja me race melayu
subject: request
I beg for help to African countries bisah see the issue of West Papua who want their own independence from the Indonesian state, the Pacific island region of Papua are indigenous Papuans number as many as 2.5 million people, they are negroid race which stiap month a lot of people of Papua killed by the Indonesian military and police troops Indonsia I worry people of Papua Indonesia will be killed until he can master the Indonesian island for those who are very broad and rich in minerals, gold mining, coal, iron ore, tin, uranium, copper, nickel, gas , and petroleum, forests are very extensive and very fertile soil for growing various types of crops and horticulture and plantations as industrial raw materials. I beg you guys can come to protect the citizens of West Papua from Indonesian military atrocities because they are one race with black people in Africa, their curly-haired and dark-skinned
