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UN: 12,000 Flee Darfur for Chad
Topix - Sunday, February 10, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The refugees are moving back and forth from one dangerous to another dangerous situation. It's completely surreal." Up to 12,000 refugees fled Sudan's Darfur region to neighboring Chad over the weekend following air strikes by the Sudanese military and thousands more may be coming, the U.N.... more
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Curfew eased in Chad's capital
Topix - Sunday, February 10, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"I don't want to have to flee a second time" N'Djamena - Chad's government has eased a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the capital but not in the countryside, where there were reports that rebels and government troops have been fighting in the centre of the desert ...... more
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UN officials: Fighting in western Darfur and deteriorating security hamper peace prospects
Topix - Sunday, February 10, 2008
p> Intense fighting in war-torn western Darfur and a dramatic deterioration in security throughout the Sudanese province have hurt prospects for a political settlement to the five-year-old conflict in the region, ... via PR-inside.com ... more
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Chad receives pardon request for French aid workers
Topix - Saturday, February 09, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"These requests will be considered at the appropriate time, in accordance with the constitution and the relevant texts" Chad has received a request for a presidential pardon from the lawyers of six French aid workers jailed in December for trying to abduct 103 African children, the... more
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Chad refugees wary of going home despite calm
Topix - Saturday, February 09, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We're waiting for peace. We have no information here, nothing" Like thousands of people who fled a weekend rebel assault on the Chadian capital, Fatima Abdelrahim is hungry and thirsty but too scared to go home. via AlertNet ... more
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Sudanese army bombs West Darfur towns
Topix - Saturday, February 09, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"In addition to the loss of life and damage to property, there is the potential for displacement of large numbers of villagers, compounding an already critical humanitarian situation" KHARTOUM, Sudan : Sudan bombed three towns in West Darfur on Friday, an operation the army said was... more
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Letter tells of rocket hit on US embassy
Topix - Saturday, February 09, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"I think the letter says it all" As combat raged in Chad's capital last weekend, U.S. Embassy staffers were busily shredding sensitive documents in the ambassador's office when a rocket blasted through a wall, roared across the room and burst ... via The South Mississippi... more
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UNHCR Flies in Relief Supplies for Chadians in Cameroon
Topix - Friday, February 08, 2008
p> The UN Refugee Agency has started flying relief supplies into Cameroon to meet the urgent needs of 30,000 refugees from Chad, who have fled fighting in the capital N'Djamena since last Saturday. via United Nations Radio ... more
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Chad rejects ceasefire deal
Topix - Friday, February 08, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We don't just have control of the situation. There is no more rebellion. They have all been decimated. Those who remain are being pursued about 50 kilometres from the capital." PARIS. Chad's Prime Minister Nourredine Delwa Kassire Coumakoye yesterday rejected a ceasefire deal with rebels who... more
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Oxfam Three Weeks Away From Total Shut Down
allAfrica.com - Friday, February 08, 2008
xfam International warned today that its aid effort in eastern Chad is three weeks away from total shut down when it will be forced to turn off the water for more than 100,000 people. Fighting in the capital N'djamena over the weekend has cut supply lines going to the east,... more
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C-130s rescue Americans from violence in Chad
Topix - Friday, February 08, 2008
p> By Seamus O'Connor - Staff writer Posted : Tuesday Feb 5, 2008 17:10:15 EST Amid a third day of violence between rebels and government soldiers in Chad's capital, two Air Force C-130s swooped in Monday to ... via MilitaryCity.com ... more
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Protect Citizens From Chad's Crisis - Senate Tells Yar'Adua
allAfrica.com - Friday, February 08, 2008
he Senate has advised President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to assist all relevant security agencies, particularly the army and the Nigerian immigration services, to strengthen security on the Nigeria/Chad border to prevent ongoing crisis in Chad from spilling over to the ... more
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Concerns Raised Over the Fate of Nearly 500,000 in the East
allAfrica.com - Friday, February 08, 2008
lthough eastern Chad is currently calm, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today expressed its concern over the fate of up to 500,000 vulnerable people - mostly Sudanese refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) - in the ... more
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Chad: Government sets nighttime curfew for entire country
Topix - Friday, February 08, 2008
p> The government imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew Thursday across Chad and said it was searching the capital for coup plotters and their accomplices after days of fighting killed hundreds and caused thousands to ... via South Florida Sun-Sentinel ... more
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Sudan 'surprised' by Chadian accusations, denies supporting rebels fighting there
Topix - Friday, February 08, 2008
p> Sudanese officials on Thursday dismissed accusations by Chad that it supports Chadian rebels fighting government troops in the neighboring country and described the charges coming from N'Djamena as tantamount ... via PR-inside.com ... more
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Authorities Must Act to Prevent Extrajudicial Executions
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 07, 2008
he Chadian government must take urgent action to prevent extrajudicial killings in the aftermath of clashes between rebel and government forces earlier this week, said Amnesty International today. The organisation is alarmed at reports it has received of the extrajudicial execution of civilians by armed men, allegedly belonging to the... more
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Chadians take refuge in Cameroon
Topix - Thursday, February 07, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The situation in Kousseri is really quite serious" The old school campus is dilapidated. There is little food, water from only a single tap, no toilets. via Ann Arbor News ... more
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Making Sense of the Situation
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 07, 2008
he war for Chad is not over. It is likely to become more bloody and involve a wider humanitarian disaster before any solutions can be grasped. The next week will be critical for the future of the country-and for the wider region, including Darfur, as ... more
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Chad: caught between fatalism and hope
Topix - Thursday, February 07, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Material things don't matter, if tomorrow my restaurant is destroyed, the day after tomorrow I will rebuild it. "We'll have a slap-up meal and you will all be my guests" By Herve Asquin Ndjamena - They share a heavy dose of fatalism, years of experience of... more
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More South Africans Prepare to Exit Chad
allAfrica.com - Thursday, February 07, 2008
n the wake of the weekend's failed coup d'etat in Chad's capital N'Djamena, three more South Africans who have been living in the central African nation, are now preparing to ... more
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