Chari-Baguirmi, Chad News

July 4, 2009 a ' A comprehensive peace negotiations will begin in Doha next August with participation of all the rebel groups, said today Scott Gration the US president special envoy to Sudan.

" Darfur rebels urged the US administration to review its approach in dealing with the Sudanese government saying the current constructive engagement with Khartoum government is harmful for a just resolution of the six year conflict in Western Sudan.

A Darfur rebel figure today dismissed statements made by Sudanese officials claiming that there are differences within the Justice and Equality Movement on the handling of the peace talks in Qatar.

Ndjamena - A former Guantanamo detainee freed by a US judge is being held by Chadian police pending confirmation of his status, the Chadian government said on Thursday.

Cameroon is an economic hub for Central Africa. Its lone port in Douala handles practically all import and export traffic for the country as well as for landlocked neighbors Chad and Central African Republic.

Unexploded weaponry killed six children in eastern Chad in the weeks after a rebel offensive early last month, the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported Wednesday.

June 1, 2009 a ' China today has renewed its support to Sudanese government to achieve peace in Darfur saying it would work to ease the current conflict between Sudan and Chad.

Neighboring with Sudan, and being involved in the Darfur conflict, which has been deliberately prolonged by the colonial powers evil manipulations at the UN Security Council, Chads troubles demonstrate the identity of the real perpetrators of the Darfur Genocide: the Anti-African and Anti-Hamitic elites of London and Paris, the Orientalists and the ...

Unicef is trying to get 80 child soldiers released in Chad. The children, who fought for the UFR rebel army, were taken prisoner in the eastern province of Am Dam at the beginning of May.

French Presidential adviser for African affairs discussed Sunday with the Chadian President the ongoing tension with the Sudan after an attack by the Khartoum supported rebels in eastern Sudan earlier this month.

DARFUR rebels have seized the town of Umm Baru near the border with neighbouring Chad from Sudanese soldiers, the hybrid UN-African Union Mission in Darfur said today.

May 21, 2009 a ' French Prime Minister said today that Sudan is responsible of political troubles in the neighboring Chad saying the solution of Ndjamena unrest lies in Khartoum.

Tensions between Khartoum and Ndjamena took a dramatic turn after Sudan Threatened Wednesday to destroy Chadian forces if they invade its territory.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy today urged the Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi to pursue his efforts to ease the current tension between Sudan and Chad.

Ndjamena - Chad President Idriss Deby Itno led around 10 000 anti-Sudanese demonstrators through the capital Ndjamena on Wednesday, to protest what he said was Khartoum's support for a recent rebel offensive.

Sudan accused Chad on Friday of mounting air strikes on its territory and said its army could respond in a sharp escalation in the growing war of words between the African neighbours.

Khartoum - A proposed press law that would formalise strict controls over the Sudanese news media has drawn criticism from local media and parliamentarians Under the draft, journalists and news organisations would be licensed by the media regulator, the National Press Council, which would be given the power to revoke licenses, impose stiff fines ...

A Sudanese official today said efforts to normalize relations with Chad could not be successful unless Ndjamena ends its support to Darfur rebel groups.

Rebels in Chad headed Monday for rear bases behind the Sudanese border, Chadian officials said, but a rebel spokesman warned they could launch a new offensive.

" The Government of Chad urged its followers to mobilize for battle as commanders claimed victory in clashes in which hundreds of Sudan-backed rebels were reportedly killed after crossing deep into Chad from their bases in western Darfur.