Nigeria’s Sawyerr assumes duty as UN peacekeeping commander

Major General Benjamin Sawyerr has assumed duty as the Force Commander/ Acting Head of Mission for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei. Sawyerr officially took over from Major General Kefyalew Tessema of Ethiopia, who has served the mission for almost two years. Abyei is an area of 10,546 km2 on the border between…