Rebel attacks launched from Sudan: Chad

N’DJAMENA – Chad’s government said yesterday rebels who attacked towns in the country’s southeast, raising fears of a strike on the capital N’Djamena, had launched their assault from neighbouring Sudan.

“Last Sunday a column of motorised and armed adventurers, coming from Sudan, launched an operation to destabilise Chad,” Communication Minister Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor said in a statement. “The international community must understand that Chad is the victim of a blatant aggression led from Sudanese territory with sophisticated weaponry,” the statement said.Fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region, which has killed tens of thousands of people since 2003 and displaced more than two million, has often spilled over into Chad, where rebels are fighting to topple President Idriss Deby.The insurgents briefly seized the town of Goz Beida near the Sudanese border on Sunday before attacking Am Timan further west on Monday.The army bolstered security in N’Djamena yesterday as the rebels appeared to be moving towards the capital.Nampa-Reuters”The international community must understand that Chad is the victim of a blatant aggression led from Sudanese territory with sophisticated weaponry,” the statement said.Fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region, which has killed tens of thousands of people since 2003 and displaced more than two million, has often spilled over into Chad, where rebels are fighting to topple President Idriss Deby.The insurgents briefly seized the town of Goz Beida near the Sudanese border on Sunday before attacking Am Timan further west on Monday.The army bolstered security in N’Djamena yesterday as the rebels appeared to be moving towards the capital.Nampa-Reuters