| Genocide Watch declared a Genocide Warning for Chad in November 2005, renewed in April 2006 and January 2008. Sudanese government backed Janjaweed militias have crossed the Chad border from Sudan, where they have raided dozens of black African Chadian villages, murdering, pillaging, and displacing civilians, just as they have done in Darfur, Sudan. Sudanese government supported "rebels" have made three attempts to overthrow the Chadian government by force, including two invasions of the Chadian capital, Njamena. Sudan's government denies its support for the Janjaweed and for the rebel forces, but Sudanese government bombers and helicopter gunships have bombed villages in both Darfur and Chad, and have armed the "rebels" which are based in Sudan. Although the Deby government in Chad was "re-elected" in 2006 in a vote boycotted by all opposition parties, and is deeply corrupt, having broken its agreement with the World Bank to spend revenues from Chadian oil on education and health, a takeover by Sudanese backed rebels would be far worse. It would expose refugees from Darfur to the murderous Janjaweed, would prevent deployment of European Union troops to protect them, and would help Sudan finish its genocide against black African peoples in Darfur and Eastern Chad. Use of Libya as a "mediator," after Libya fought a long border war with Chad and has itself tried to overthrow past Chad governments, is like asking a fox to mediate a conflict in the chicken coup. |
U.S. Calls Sudan Responsible for Coup Attempt; Concern Mounts for Darfur Refugees in Border Areas
4 February 2008
The U.S. and French ambassadors to the United Nations issued statements supporting the government of President Idriss Deby, as international concern mounted over the prospect of a rebel takeover that analysts say would be a foreign policy victory for the Sudanese government.
"We call on the Sudanese government to end the support immediately, to restrain rebel forces in Chad and to end the fighting that adds to the instability in the region," said Greg Garland, the State Department's spokesman for Africa.
But it remained unclear whether the government or the rebels -- a coalition of mercenaries, disgruntled government ministers and the president's own nephew -- were in control.
Deby, whom Chadians accuse of hoarding the nation's new oil wealth, remained in the country Sunday and reportedly refused an offer of evacuation by the French military. (Read More.) |
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| The Slaughter Spreads
By Nicholas D. Kristof, Op-Ed Columnist
The New York Times
April 16, 2006
Last month villagers along Chad's border with Sudan told me how brutal militias were attacking their towns, murdering their babies, raping their daughters and burning their huts, while shouting racial slurs against blacks. Now those |
| impoverished Chadians may find themselves not only attacked by genocidal marauders but also ruled by them.
Over the past week, Sudan has sponsored a full-scale invasion of Chad, seeking to oust Chad's president and replace him with the warlord who has overseen the murder, rape and pillage in those border areas.
Sudan seems determined to extend its genocide to Chad, and the upshot is that the catastrophe of Darfur may now be multiplied manyfold. (Read More) |
Updates
17 June 2008 “Rebels Take 3 Towns,” by Lydia Polgreen, The New York Times
15 June 2008 “Chad rebels move closer to capital,” by Finbar O’Reilly, Reuters
14 June 2008 “Chad rebels attack town, EU troops shield refugees,” by Finbar O’Reilly, Reuters
7 June 2008 “Chad, Sudan ready to try reconciliation,” by Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press
28 May 2008 “Sudan leader demands action against Chad,” by Agence France-Presse
22 May 2008 “Fewer Conflicts Involve Child Soldiers, Report Finds,” by Lydia Polgreen, The New York Times
16 May 2008 “UN refugee agency curbs activities in eastern Chad,” by Reuters
16 May 2008 “Concerns over increasing violence in east,” by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
16 May 2008 “UNHCR concerned about increasing violence in east Chad,” by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
12 May 2008 “Sudan Breaks Off Ties With Chad After Attack,” by Jeffrey Gettleman, The New York Times
14 April 2008 "The Chad–Sudan Proxy War and the ‘Darfurization’ of Chad: Myths and Reality,” by Jérôme Tubiana, The Small Arms Survey
3 April 2008 “Thousands Left Homeless by Forced Evictions,” by Human Rights Watch
2 April 2008 “Army Battles Rebels Near Sudan,” by Agence France-Presse
1 April 2008 “Foreboding with first rebel attack since February,” by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
14 March 2008 “Chad Rebels Dismiss Peace Accord,” by BBC News
5 March 2008 “A Moat Around the Capital,” by Reuters
12 February 2008 “Chad's Leader Survives, but Dissidents' Peril Grows,” by Lydia Polgreen, The New York Times
11 February 2008 “Attacks Pushing Darfur Refugees Into Chad,” by Lydia Polgreen, The New York Times
8 February 2008 “Chad Capital Under Curfew Days After Coup Effort Failed,” by Lydia Polgreen, The New York Times
7 February 2008 “Fighting in Chad’s Capital Ebbs, but Problems Loom,” by Lydia Polgreen, The New York Times
6 February 2008 “Chad's Capital Eerily Quiet as Rebellion Falters,” by Lydia Polgreen, The New York Times
3 February 2008 “Fighting in Chad's Capital as Rebel Forces Storm In,” by Lydia Polgreen, The New York Times
5 February 2008 “U.N. Urges Outside Help for Chad,” by Warren Hoge, The New York Times
5 February 2008 "Thousands Flee Fighting in Chad's Capital," by The New York Times
4 February 2008 "Rebels Say They Have Left Chad's Capital," by The Associated Press
3 February 2008 "Fighting Rages for Second Day in Chad's Capital," by Lydia Polgreen, The New York Times
2 February 2008 "Chadian Army Battles Rebels," by Lydia Polgreen, The New York Times
22 December 2007 “At Trial in Chad, Aid Official Claims Backing on ‘Orphans’," by Reuters, The New York Times
3 July 2006
“African Union Tells Senegal to Try Ex-Dictator of Chad” The New York Times Company
28 April 2006 “Blowback in Africa” by The New York Times
25 April 2006 “Chad: Central African Refugees Neglected as Displacement Continues” by Refugees International
16 April 2006 “The Slaughter Spreads” by The New York Times
19 December 2005 “Chadian Rebels Kill 100; Chad Blames Sudan” by The New York Times
28 November 2005 “African Union to Get Chadian’s Case” by The New York Times
26 November 2005 “Ex-President of Chad Freed in Torture Case After Senegal Ruling” by The New York Times
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