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- On the brink of a Sudan-Chad warSudan-Chad war
s of Sudanese people took to the streets of Khartoum this week to participate in a nationalist 'victory' rally after Sudanese security forces repelled a shock attack on the capital by Darfur rebels. Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ramped up the
- AU seeks mediation to end N'Djamena-Khartoum crisis
The African Union has launched a series of mediation efforts with the aim of preventing a further escalation in the simmering row between Chad and the neighboring Sudan, diplomatic sources said Friday. 'AU Commission Chairman Jean Ping was in N'Djamena
- Cuban VP to Talk in Peru Summit
Havana, May 16 (Prensa Latina) Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, Cuban First Vicepresident of the State and Ministers Councils will speak in two of the four roundtables programmed at the 5th Latin America-Caribbean-European Union Summit in Lima, Peru Friday.
- Violence Escalates in Eastern Chad Near Sudan Border
The U.N. refugee agency says it is very concerned over escalating violence in eastern Chad. The UNHCR says the increase in violence is probably linked to the attack on the Sudanese capital Khartoum last weekend by rebels from Darfur. Lisa Schlein reports
- UPDATE: Chad Helicopter Fires Rockets In Sudan Border Area
(Updates with rebels denying they were hit) PARIS The three helicopters, a Mi-171 transport and two Mi-35 gunships, were each equipped with rocket-launchers, having been moved from the capital N'Djamena to the border region. The source said French
- Correction: Sudan story
(AP)
AP - In a May 11 story about Sudan severing ties with Chad, The Associated Press, relying on a state television report, erroneously reported the dollar value of a reward offered by the government for Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim.
- Cuban First VP in Peru
Havana, May 15 (Prensa Latina) Cuban First Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura leads the island's delegation to the Fifth Latin American and Caribbean-European Union (LAC-EU)Summit, to start at a level of heads of State as of May 16, local media
- NGOs Accuse Senegal Of Flouting UN Ruling On Ex-Chad Dictator
DAKAR, Senegal 'It's not the money that is lacking, but Senegal's political will,' Alioune Tine of the Dakar Habre has lived in Senegal An official truth commission report in 1992 accused Habre's regime of committing some 40,000 political murders - among
- Chad Helicopter Fires Rockets In Sudan Border Area - Military
PARIS The three aircraft, a Mi-171 transport helicopter and two Mi-35 assault helicopters, were each equipped with rocket-launchers, having been moved from the capital N'djamena to the border region. The source said French soldiers based in Chad European
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Chad, part of France's African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of civil warfare as well as invasions by Libya before a semblance of peace was finally restored in 1990. The government eventually drafted a democratic constitution, and held flawed presidential elections in 1996 and 2001. In 1998, a rebellion broke out in northern Chad, which sporadically flares up despite several peace agreements between the government and the rebels. In 2005 new rebel groups emerged in western Sudan and have made probing attacks into eastern Chad. Power remains in the hands of an ethnic minority. In June 2005, President Idriss DEBY held a referendum successfully removing constitutional term limits.
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