Sunday, May 10, 2009

If this is peace...

...just imagine what the war will look like.

The Republic of Chad and the Republic of Sudan had just (last week) signed an accord promising to restore diplomatic ties and to cease the support of rebel forces against each other, only to have the Darfur-and-border region go up in flames again:
Chad said it had halted an attempted rebel advance (against Chad) on its capital last week following fierce fighting in the east.

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On Saturday JEM rebels (against Sudan) clashed in North Darfur with forces loyal to former rebel Minni Arcua Minnawi, the only Darfur rebel to sign a peace deal with the government in 2006.

UNAMID spokesman Noureddine Mezni said another brief battle took place on Sunday.

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The fighting in Chad, in which N'Djamena said 225 rebels and 22 government soldiers were killed...
That's right; Two battles, one on each side of the border, with two proxy armies doing the attacking.

The full report can be read *here*.

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