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UN agencies, NGOs quit Chad
(SomaliNet) In a move that may prove perilous to Chad, the United Nations (UN) agencies and numerous non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are withdrawing staff from eastern Chad, humanitarian sources said. Eastern Chad is currently housing some thousands of refugees from neighbouring Sudan and where rebels have recently upped attacks. Meanwhile, Rebels in Chad on Saturday deployed around the town of Guereda, in the far east of the country, after attacking government positions there the previous day. Guess the French decided not to sortie their fighters. According to a UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)'s Helene Caux Abeche, "After incidents in Guereda, the hold up of our staff and the theft of our vehicles, it was decided that international and national staff in the far eastern towns of Iriba, Guereda and Bahai be redeployed to Abeche and N'Djamena." Press reports indicate that during an attack by rebels from a coalition led by the Rally of Democratic Forces (RAFD) in Guereda on Friday last week, HCR buildings were attacked and two of their vehicles were stolen. Which word in 'Rally of Democratic Forces' doesn't belong with the others? Posted by: Fred 2006-12-05 |
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