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| Chad says Sudan broke peace pact, Khartoum denies |
| 2008-04-02 |
| Rebels in Chad attacked an eastern frontier town on Tuesday in a raid the government said was ordered by Sudan and violated a peace pact signed last month by the two oil-producing neighbours. Sudan's armed forces denied any role in the attack on Ade by Chad's rebel National Alliance, which said its fighters struck from inside Chadian territory without crossing the border. The latest clash and recriminations signalled a renewal of tensions between the two African states caught up in the conflict in Sudan's border region of Darfur, where around 200,000 people have been killed since 2003, experts say. Chad's government said the attacking rebels crossed from Sudanese territory and were "under orders from the Sudanese regime" in direct violation of a peace accord signed last month in Senegal by the presidents of both countries. |
| Posted by:Fred |