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UNHCR shocked and saddened by killing of staff member in southern Chad
Topix - Friday, December 07, 2007
p> We are shocked and saddened by the killing of a UNHCR staff member in a shooting incident yesterday near Koumra in the south of Chad. via AlertNet ... more
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Chad scorched by days of battles
Topix - Thursday, December 06, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The rebels have gone into Sudan, but it's possible they are hiding in the mountains - we just don't know." Government forces have clashed with two rebel groups Flying over the rugged terrain of far eastern Chad by helicopter, columns of smoke can be seen rising... more
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European Protection Force Blocked
allAfrica.com - Thursday, December 06, 2007
he 4,500-strong European force expected to start arriving in Chad and the Central African Republic in November to protect aid workers and some 500,000 displaced civilians is on hold for now. The force, known as EUFOR, currently consists of 23 military personnel holed up in a hotel in Chad's capital... more
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UN Appeals for Safe, Unhindered Humanitarian Access Amid Fighting
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, December 05, 2007
he ongoing fighting in eastern Chad is preventing humanitarian workers from reaching more than 400,000 refugees and displaced persons, setting the stage for a situation that could worsen rapidly and lead to significant loss of life, the United Nations warned ... more
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Renewed Fighting Sparks Concern
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, December 05, 2007
he United Nations refugee agency today issued a warning that the surge in fighting in eastern Chad between Government forces and rebels over the past 10 days has limited its access to camps that are home to hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) and heightened tensions... more
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European Force "Blocked" for Now
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, December 05, 2007
he 4,500-strong European force expected to start arriving in Chad and the Central African Republic in November to protect aid workers and some 500,000 displaced civilians is on hold for now. The force, known as EUFOR, currently consists of 23 military personnel holed up in a hotel in Chad's capital... more
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Hundreds of Soldiers Killed in Fresh Violence
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, December 05, 2007
ith renewed fighting that has killed hundreds of soldiers and rebels in eastern Chad, and signs of more hostilities to come, aid workers there are adjusting how they assist the hundreds of thousands of civilians who depend on aid for their ... more
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Rebel fronts multiply in the east
Topix - Wednesday, December 05, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"If fighting with the same intensity were to take place in towns and villages it would be disastrous" NDJAMENA, 3 December 2007 - After a week of intense fighting between the Chadian army and the rebel Union of Forces for Democracy and Development in mountainous Hadjar... more
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Renewed Fighting in Eastern Chad Sparks Alarm From UN Refugee Agency
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, December 05, 2007
he United Nations refugee agency today issued a warning that the surge in fighting in eastern Chad between Government forces and rebels over the past 10 days has limited its access to camps that are home to hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) and heightened tensions... more
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EU-Africa: Summit Should Take Concrete Steps to Tackle Rights Abuses
Human Rights Watch - Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Protect Civilians in Darfur and Somalia
European and African leaders should go beyond promises and act to end atrocities, hold abusers to account and combat corruption, Human Rights Watch said today. The first European Union-Africa summit for seven years will be held in Lisbon on December 8-9, ... more
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Chad army says attacks rebels in mountain hideout
Topix - Tuesday, December 04, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The rebels were encircled in a 'wadi' (dried-out riverbed) near the Kapka massif ... They were embedded in caves. Fighting was heavy" Chad's army attacked an anti-government rebel group for a second day on Tuesday, trying to dislodge the insurgents from their mountain hideout near the... more
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Chadian Rebel Faction Clashes With Army, Others Retreat
Topix - Tuesday, December 04, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We hope that the fighting will end soon and that the crisis (will end), and that they will find their way back to dialogue and to peace" Colombant report - Download 695k Listen to Colombant report A third Chadian rebel faction has engaged in combat with... more
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Chad rebels 'seize army officers'
Topix - Monday, December 03, 2007
p> The army is now fighting two fronts in the east Chad's army has clashed with Rally of Forces for Change rebels, two days after the RFC claimed its positions had been bombed by air force helicopters. via BBC ... more
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Rebel Fronts Multiply in the East
allAfrica.com - Monday, December 03, 2007
fter a week of intense fighting between the Chadian army and the rebel Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) in mountainous Hadjar Marfaine near the Chad-Sudan border, another rebel group has opened a second front farther ... more
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U.N.'s Ban Disappointed by Sudan Delaying Peacekeepers
Topix - Monday, December 03, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I'm disappointed by all what is happening now." Refugees from Darfur wait near a UNHCR tent at the Gaga refugees camp, eastern Chad. via The Epoch Times ... more
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There And About - Rebels Issue Empty Threats
allAfrica.com - Monday, December 03, 2007
rebel group in Chad claimed dubious status last week. The Union of Forces for Democracy and Development declared war on French troops, thus ... more
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Chad Rebels Threaten Foreign Forces
allAfrica.com - Monday, December 03, 2007
had's main rebel group yesterday said it would fight the French army or any other foreign forces, while European nations vowed to deploy troops in the country's conflict-wracked east despite the ... more
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Chad forces clash with rebels
Topix - Sunday, December 02, 2007
p> N'DJAMENA - Chadian government forces clashed on Saturday with another rebel group in the northeast of the country, opening a new front in the conflict near the border with Sudan, officials on both sides said. via Sunday Times ... more
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Chad president sacks defence minister after clashes
Topix - Saturday, December 01, 2007
p> Chadian President Idriss Deby sacked his defence minister on Saturday following a week of clashes between government troops and rebels in the east of the landlocked African country. via Reuters UK ... more
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Rebel attacks, banditry hit eastern region
Topix - Saturday, December 01, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Chadian security forces have made no arrests [of armed criminals] that we know of" CHAD: Rebel attacks, banditry hit eastern region NDJAMENA, 26 November 2007 - In the past two days two different kinds of armed attacks have put aid workers on alert in eastern Chad... more
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