Chad News

A MID rising tension between Khartoum and N'Djamena, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has demanded international action against Chad over the Darfur crisis.

Rarely in the annals of United Nations peacekeeping has so much been spent, with such high expectations, for so little result.

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The Daily Star - Lebanon By Anna Mahjar-Barducci Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Sudan is complex and its conflicts are much more complicated than an Arabs vs.

A Darfur rebel leader said there is no need to hold new negotiations in order to reach a ceasefire in the troubled Darfur.

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An elderly woman sits under one of the few scrawny trees in a parched landscape as she and 8,000 other displaced people wait for aid workers to begin handing out some 100 tonnes of flour, salt, sugar, and ...

The Sudanese government reiterated on Monday its refusal of interference by the neighboring Chad in Sudan's internal affairs.

“The Islamic Republic supports the legitimate government of Chad and urges resolving the issue through diplomacy”

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini has condemned the large-scale violence targeting innocent civilians in Sudan, PressTV reported. via IranMania News

“Her arrest shows how low (President Omar Hassan) al-Bashir's government can sink.”

Sudan on Wednesday urged the international community to list the Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement as a terrorist group, after its lightning weekend assault on the capital. via Sudan.net

“Three Chad army helicopters took off at 0530 (GMT) and 0545 from Abeche, one of which fired rockets before returning to its base”

A Chad army helicopter fired rockets Friday in an area close to Sudan's Darfur border racked by tension over rebel activity and refugee flows, a French military source told AFP. via The Tocqueville Connection

Ongoing military activities by Darfur's rebel groups as well as reprisal actions by the Sudanese Government and its allied militia are costing lives and limiting humanitarian operations in the strife-torn ... via AllAfrica.com

“We are peace seekers but there is no room here for traitors and we will not negotiate with Khalil Ibrahim”

'The Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir accused Israel of financing the Darfur rebel group that launched a surprise attack on the capital over the weekend. via Sudan Tribune

“It's a very clear and strong condemnation of the aggression on Khartoum.”

The U.N. Security Council strongly condemned last weekend's rebel attack near the Sudanese capital but warned against any government retaliation. via Sudan.net

“There have been a few defections that were motivated by personal interests, but I can tell you they are very significant on our side at the moment”

Abderaman Koulamallah, a prominent Chadian rebel leader, on Tuesday called on France to act as the "mediator" between the rebels and President Idriss Deby Itno in a bid to attain a "comprehensive solution" to ... via People's Daily Online

“This is just the start of a process and the end is the termination of this regime”

The Khartoum area remains tense Some 300 people have been arrested in Sudan, following a rebel raid near the capital, Khartoum, state media says. via BBC News

“We've taken the equipment from Sudan”

It was a gem of a plan. Make that "JEM" - ' short for the Justice and Equality Movement, the leading rebel group in Darfur that launched this past weekend's attack on Omdurman and the Sudan capital of Khartoum. via IWPR

“Your heroic forces are confronting them now”

Hundreds of Darfur rebels reached the outskirts of Sudan's capital and were clashing with security forces, a rebel leader said Saturday.

Sudan's army deployed on the streets of Khartoum, putting up checkpoints and imposing an overnight curfew. An Interior Ministry statement said the curfew was in effect while the government was 'dealing with the infiltrators.'

The clashes come after days of government warnings that the Justice and Equality Movement, one of Darfur's most effective rebel movements, was going to target Khartoum. Saturday's attack is the closest the rebels have ever gotten to the capital. Read more

“We are going to write a letter of complaint about this to the relevant Chadian authorities”

Four troops from EUFOR, the European Union force in Chad, were arrested on 7 May by local authorities near the southern town of Moundou. via AllAfrica.com

Six students from the Bellevue area have won National Merit $2500 Scholarships. They were selected by a committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors. via The Bellevue Reporter