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Survivors of Darfur massacre face uncertain future in fragile Chad
28 Nov 2006 UNHCR starts moving hundreds of survivors of Darfur's deadly Jebel Moon attacks from border areas to camp further inside Chad. Several hundred have been moved, but the security situation in eastern Chad remains uncertain. -
UNHCR and World Food Programme alarmed over threats to aid flow in Chad
27 Nov 2006 The UN refugee agency and the World Food Programme on Monday appealed for the rapid restoration of order in eastern Chad following weekend unrest in which mobs looted warehouses storing vital aid supplies for hundreds of thousands of Darfurian refugees and displaced Chadians. -
South-east Chad quiet but tense; displaced too scared to go home
24 Nov 2006 The security situation in south-east Chad has been relatively quiet this week, but thousands of displaced people remain too scared to return to their villages because armed groups are still moving in the region. -
UNHCR moves newly arrived Darfur refugees away from Chad-Sudan border
17 Nov 2006 The UN refugee agency on Friday began moving the first of some 1,500 newly-arrived Darfur refugees away from the Sudanese border to a camp near the eastern Chad town of Guéréda. Meanwhile, more attacks and forced displacements are reported from villages in south-eastern Chad. -
Actress Mia Farrow warns that eastern Chad could become another Darfur
16 Nov 2006 Acclaimed actress Mia Farrow has called for an international presence in this region of Africa after seeing first-hand evidence that the conflict in Darfur is spilling into eastern Chad. -
UNHCR concerned about deteriorating situation in Chad
14 Nov 2006 With new attacks reported daily in Chad, UNHCR said Tuesday it is extremely worried that an already volatile situation is continuing to deteriorate. The refugee agency said it feared the inter-communal hostilities were spiralling out of control and could threaten the entire south-eastern region of Chad. -
Armed men on horseback extend attacks on villages in eastern Chad
10 Nov 2006 The UN refugee agency and its partners have found evidence that armed men on horseback have extended their attacks on villages in eastern Chad. An inter-agency mission travelled to the Koukou region and found a pattern of burned villages similar to that found earlier in the Kerfi area. -
Chadian villages attacked and burned, many dead and hundreds flee
9 Nov 2006 Several remote villages in south-eastern Chad near the border with Sudan's Darfur region have been attacked, looted and burned over the past week by armed men on horseback, leaving scores of people dead and forcing hundreds to flee. Initial reports indicate more than 200 people may have been killed. -
Lives in limbo as terror resumes in eastern Chad
1 Nov 2006 With the end of the rainy season, a feared new wave of inter-ethnic violence has hit remote eastern Chad along its increasingly tense border with Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region.