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/ 30 November 2006
Chad urged the United Nations on Wednesday to remove tens of thousands of refugees from its volatile eastern border with Sudan, saying that would help improve security in the region. Unrest in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region is blamed for increased instability across a large area.
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/ 30 October 2006
A top Chadian army chief has been killed in fierce fighting between government troops and rebels close to Sudan’s volatile Darfur region, officials said. General Moussa Sougui, the army’s deputy commander in chief, was killed during heavy fighting close to the Sudanese border in eastern Chad, a Defence Ministry statement said late on Sunday.
Gunmen temporarily captured a town in central Chad in an attempt to destabilise the country before next month’s presidential election, a government spokesperson said. There were no casualties in Tuesday’s raid in Mongo, 400km east of the capital, N’djamena, said Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor, the communications minister and government spokesperson.
Chad has closed its consulate in Sudan’s Darfur region more than a week after Sudanese militia crossed from the region and killed at least 36 Chadians before going back to their country, the state radio reported. In April, Chadian officials accused Sudan of recruiting, training and arming 3Â 000 Chadian rebels near their border in an effort to destabilise Chad.
Chadians turned out early on Monday to cast ballots in a referendum on whether to scrap presidential term limits, a move that would allow President Idriss Deby to run for an unprecedented third term as leader of Africa’s newest oil producer. A loose grouping of about 30 opposition parties urged supporters to boycott the referendum.