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Richard Cornwell, African Security Analysis Programme, ISS Tshwane (Pretoria) Last week's dramatic rebel incursions into eastern Chad once again raised the spectre of violent regime change in that troubled country. Government forces abandoned their positions in the key town of Abéché,…
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SG/SM/10756, AFR/1468 The following statement was issued on 25 November by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General is concerned at reports of increasing rebel military activities in the province of Ouaddai and that they are advancing in the…
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[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NDJAMENA, 27 November (IRIN) - Relief agencies in the eastern Chadian town of Abeche were considering evacuating non-essential staff after rebels on Saturday overran the area, which serves as…
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GENEVA - The UN refugee agency and the World Food Programme on Monday appealed for the rapid restoration of order in volatile eastern Chad following weekend unrest in which mobs looted warehouses storing vital aid supplies for hundreds of…
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Chadian Government Should Mediate, Not Inflame Local Tensions (N'Djamena, November 27, 2006) - Chadian Arabs are among the victims of an escalating cycle of violence in southeast Chad near the border with Darfur, and Chadian officials should cease support to armed…
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By Stephanie Hancock and Betel Miarom N'DJAMENA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Chad's government denied diplomatic reports of a rebel column moving on its capital on Sunday after an attack on an eastern town, insisting N'Djamena was in no danger. France,…
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Jeddah, 26 November 2006 - The Secretary General of the OIC, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, is following with grave concern the latest military escalation in Chad, and urges all parties to seek a peaceful resolution to the ongoing conflict. Prof. Ihsanoglu,…
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With rebels advancing toward the capital of Chad from the country's east, which borders the volatile Darfur region of Sudan, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today condemned any attempt to seize power by force. A spokesman for Mr. Annan issued…
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[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NDJAMENA, 25 November (IRIN) - Several columns of rebels seeking to overthrow the Chadian government attacked the eastern relief and military hub Abeche before dawn on Saturday, Chadian authorities…
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GENEVA - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres warned Saturday that an already tenuous humanitarian lifeline for hundreds of thousands of Darfur refugees and displaced Chadians could be jeopardised by a fresh outbreak of fighting in remote eastern Chad. UNHCR…
