Violence Continues in Chad's Capital

By Matthew Williams
23:54, February 3rd 2008
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Violence Continues in Chad's Capital

On Sunday tanks were running on the streets of N'Djamena, capital of Chad, as the city turned into the battlefield between the government and rebels.

France and Chad accused Sudan for the coup attempt in Chad.

Sudan denied any allegations.

On Saturday hundreds of rebels entered the capital thus the violence putting at risk a $300 million global aid operation that supports millions of people in Chad. The violence delayed the deployment of a European Union peacekeeping mission to Chad and Central African Republic.

France accuses Sudan of trying to crush the regime of President Idriss Deby before the arrival of EU force, that will operate along the border with Darfur.

The force should have to be based in the town of Adre, which rebels claim they seized on Saturday. On the other hand the government claims that it has rejected that attack.

Adre is near Darfur and is surrounded by camps which have almost 420,000 refugee from Darfur and Chadians due to the violence.

According to Chadian Gen. Mahamat Ali Abdallah Nassour, the Sudanese troops were involved.

Chad's Foreign Minister Amad Allam-Mi said on: "Sudan does not want this force because it would open a window on the genocide in Darfur."

On Sunday the U.S embassy announced that it was temporarily closing. The United Nations also temporarily evacuated the staff.

On Saturday night the French soldiers in N’Djamena began to evacuate the foreigners. By According to French military spokesman, Capt. Christophe Prazuck, Sunday 400 of the foreigners left.

A foreign aid worker talked about the situation in N’Djamena saying that everything was “bloody and chaotic” and that the streets were filled with bodies and that you could see looters breaking into shops.

The death toll is unknown, but after the sayings of French organization Medecins san Frontieres, almost 50 people who were wounded were taking care of.

Many people are running away from the scene and cross the Chari River to Kousseri in Cameroon.

Due to the recently discovery of oil the power struggles in the territory have increased their intensity.

The rebels are a coalition of other three groups and the biggest has Mahamat Nouri, in the lead who is a former politician.

Rebels are fighting over corruption accusations and the lack of support to insurgents in Darfur.



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