February 21, 2008
Between 2,000 and 10,000 refugees, fleeing from Darur, are trapped at the border with Chad. The situation remains unclear because humanitarian workers have had to evacuate the zone. Local rebel commander Abbas Mohamed said a dozen civilians were killed and 20 arrested Tuesday during the latest government attack in the Jebel Moon area in West Darfur. Mohamed accused the government troops and their janjaweed militarian allies of stopping the refugeess and trapping them at the border. The fighting continues.
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March 8, 2008
March 8, 2008
Chad Wants Refugees Out
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February 13, 2008
Nouradin Koumakoye, Prime Minister of Chad, warned Sudan’s government that if the refugees from that country are not transferred elsewhere, he would expel them. He claims that the presence of Darfurian refugees is fomenting violence. He insists they are a destabilizing force, which led to the Chadian rebels recent attack on the capital city. Over the weekend 12,000 more refugees fled to Chad following an attack on their villages in Darfur.
Commander in Chad of the EU force, Brig. Gen. Jean-Phillippe Ganascia, said that had the EU peacekeepers been in place, they would not have intervened in Chad’s internal conflict. He hoped the initial units would arrive by the end of February and the entire force within three months.
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February 11, 2008
February 11, 2008
Air strikes over the weekend by the Sudanese military sent 12,000 refugees from Darfur fleeing across the border to neighboring Chad. Men on horses and camels, apparently janjaweed, burned and pillaged the villages, killing 200. The Darfur rebels, target of the attacks, say they were not in the villages at the time.
The refugees join the 400,000 already camped in Chad, an increasingly volatile area since the rebels there recently attacked the capital city. They accused President Idriss Dby of corruption and embezzling millions in oil revenue.
The Sudanese military continue to ignore the U. N. resolutions that forbid military flights over the region. It has been a year since the U. N. and African Union began a new effort to find a political settlement for Darfur. The violence escalates and again the innocents are left terrified and destitute.
