7 (Col. John Siame) – 821 personnel; deployed February 2004 to ... (Note: Sgt [Ms] Megani Forry died of natural causes during deployment, early 2004.) UNMIS (United Nations Mission in the Sudan) Three Zambian fatalities. Four Zambian peacekeepers were wounded on 10 May 2011, shortly before the independence of South Sudan and before an outbreak of fighting when the Zambians were criticised for not better protecting civilians. Zambatt 1 - Deployed for six months, to June 2010. Zambatt 2 - 523 personnel strong; deployed June 2010. MINUSCA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic) Zambatt 1 (Lt. Col. Kelvin Chiyangi), 750 personnel, including 50 Special Forces, deployed 30 April 2015 to April 2016. Zambatt 2, deployed 22 April 2016. Zambatt 3 (Lt. Col. John Banda), 750 personnel. Undertook pre-deployment training under Zambian, United States and British instructors, before deploying in April 2017. Zambatt 4 (Lt. Col. Ngosa), deployed during April 2018. Zambatt 5 (Lt. Col. Tembo ) was to deploy in mid-2019. Zambatt 6 (Lt. Col. Paul Sapezo) was scheduled to deploy to the Central African Republic in 2020. Zambatt 7 (Lt. Col Jeff Mwanahing’ombe) deployed in 2021 and returned home during September 2022. Zambatt 8 deployed to the CAR during September 2022. During 2017 Warrant Officer 2 Boyd Chibuye died whilst deployed in the Central African Republic. On 4 December 2017 a Zambian police member of the UN mission was reported injured in an attack by anti-Balaka fighters in Bria, northern CAR. One Mauritanian policeman was killed and two others injured in this attack. Staff Sergeant Derrick Sichilyango of the Zambian Contingent was killed in a road traffic accident in November 2018. Staff Sergeant Patrick Simasiku Wamunyima and Staff Sergeant Alex Mudenda Musanda, both serving with MINUSCA, died during 2019 and were honoured on the 2020 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers with the posthumous award of the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal. SADC Missions SAPMIL (SADC Preventive Mission in the Kingdom of Lesotho) During November 2017 a small Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) standby force was deployed to Lesotho to assist that country through an internal security crisis following the assassination of the Lesotho Defence Force Commander, Lieut.-General Khoantle Motšomotšo, on 5 September 2017. This SADC force included a 207-strong military element which had a Zambian Deputy Commander and which included 36 infantry and nine logistics personnel from Zambia. The mission wrapped up in November 2018