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/ 15 October 2007

Ethnic clashes kill 20 in tense eastern Chad

Twenty people were killed in ethnic clashes in east Chad after the desertion of former rebels loyal to the defence minister stoked tensions in the region bordering Sudan’s Darfur, government sources said on Monday. The violence between the Tama and Zaghawa communities broke out after an armed group of Tama fighters abandoned the eastern town of Guereda last week.

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/ 7 September 2007

Chad offers to help UN Darfur peace moves

Chad will back United Nations moves to end the conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region by allowing international peacekeepers on its own soil and supporting peace talks, President Idriss Itno Déby said on Friday. Déby made the commitment to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who was in Chad on a regional tour to canvass support for the UN’s peacekeeping initiative for Darfur.

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/ 10 April 2007

Chad, Sudan trade accusations after clashes

Chad said it routed a major rebel attack launched from Sudan on Monday to destabilise its government, but Khartoum accused Chad’s army of killing 17 of its troops and threatened a strong response. The accusations marked a deterioration in the volatile relations between the two neighbours, marred by violence spilling across the frontier of Sudan’s Darfur region.

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/ 25 November 2006

Chadian rebels attack key town

Chadian rebels attacked the eastern regional capital of Abeche on Saturday in their latest strike against President Idriss Déby Itno’s rule, but government forces said they had withdrawn and surrounded the town. Chad’s chief of staff said in a statement it had pulled troops back from Abeche.

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/ 17 November 2006

Chad readies troops to help Central African Republic

Chad announced plans on Friday to send troops to help its southern neighbour Central African Republic and confront what it said was a widening regional war waged by Sudan from its violent Darfur region. The announcement signalled an escalation of the Darfur conflict, which has increasingly been spilling over Sudan’s western borders into Chad and the Central African Republic.

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/ 13 November 2006

Chad declares state of emergency

Chad’s government declared a state of emergency on Monday in the capital, Ndjamena, and some eastern areas, where raiders on horseback have killed hundreds of villagers in ethnic attacks in recent weeks. The measure included the appointment of special ministers with far-reaching powers for the affected regions.

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/ 24 October 2006

Chad says rebels attack second town

A newly formed rebel group has attacked a second town in eastern Chad a day after briefly seizing a settlement near the border with Sudan, the Central African country’s government said on Tuesday. Armed men attacked Am Timan on Monday afternoon, 24 hours after taking the town of Goz Beida and then being repelled by government forces.

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/ 27 August 2006

Déby orders Chevron, Petronas to leave

Chad ordered United States energy giant Chevron and Malaysia’s Petronas on Saturday to leave the country within 24 hours for failing to honour tax obligations, a move apparently aimed at increasing control over its oil output. The surprise move followed Chad’s decision to create a new national oil company which it said should become a partner in the country’s existing oil-producing consortium.