Chari-Baguirmi, Chad News

Sudan and its neighboring Chad have agreed to end hostilities against each other, said spokesperson of the foreign ministry in Khartoum today.

The African Union and the Arab League welcomed today the progress achieved by Chad and Sudan in order to ease tension and normalize bilateral relations.

Sudan and Chad agreed to implement the already signed protocols between the two countries dealing with the control of joint border and ways to end security threats to the two states.

Yaounde - The chief editor of a private Chadian paper who was kidnapped on Sunday, is in "a safe place" in neighbouring Cameroon, a military source and his lawyer said on Tuesday.

Chadian rebels are accused of looting livestock and intimidating civilians in North Darfur state after being deployed by the Sudanese government in one of the state locations.

By Patrick Fort Ndjamena - Under-manned, ill-equipped and rarely seen on the streets: critics say the UN force in Chad and Central African Republic is failing in its duty to protect aid workers and refugees in the troubled region.

A GROUP claiming to have kidnapped three French citizens in central Africa are threatening to kill one of them if Paris fails to start negotiations within a week.

Several armed men on Monday night seized Laurent Maurice, an agronomist who was in east Chad to assess recent harvests, in the village of Kawa, about 10km from the border with Sudan.

The Russian envoy to Sudan held talks today with the leader of Justice and Equality Movement in the Chadian capital where the two parties discussed Darfur peace process and democratic transition in Sudan.

Sudan has agreed to remove Chadian rebels from the joint border with Chad in order to stop their military action against Ndjamena government, Chadian President said today.

The United States on Sunday welcomed talks between Chad and Sudan, and expressed hope for normalized relations between the two African neighbors after months of fierce cross-border battles.

The Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki held talks today with the Sudanese Presidential Adviser, Ghazi Salah Al-Deen who paid a one day visit to Asmara for talks on Darfur conflict.

The Justice and Equality Movement urged the Joint Mediator to frame a "clear strategy" for the Doha peace process and to stop the different interferences.

Libya and the United States agreed to continue coordination in their efforts to bring peace in western Sudan troubled region of Darfur.

The star has just returned from the country, where she spent time with dignitaries and refugees from Chad, and she's now encouraging other Americans to include the country in their travel plans.

Ndjamena - A Greek employee of the Medecins sans Frontieres medical charity kidnapped in eastern Chad early last month has been released, an army general told reporters on Tuesday.

As committees in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives prepare to hold hearings this week on U.S. policy toward Sudan, a newly released strategy paper argues that conflict resolution efforts in Chad are essential to achieving an end to the Sudan crisis.

Three Chadian rebel groups have signed a peace deal with the Ndjamena government in Tripoli under the sponsorship of the Libyan government and a regional grouping, officials said on Sunday.

Sudan has lodged a complaint to the UN Security Council over raid by Chadian warplanes inside its territory on July 16.

The Sudanese army closed the country's borders with Chad following accusations of aerial bombardments inside Darfur, according to a newspaper report.