You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Africa Horn
Mystery armed men arrive in CAR
2006-04-28
A plane carrying around 50 armed men has landed illegally in northern Central African Republic (CAR), the foreign minister has told the BBC.
"Who are those masked men?"
Jean Paul Ngoupande said the plane had arrived from Sudan and was suspected of being linked to the rebellion in Chad. Earlier this month, UN chief Kofi Annan said he was concerned that the fighting in Chad could further destabilise both Sudan's war-torn Darfur region and CAR. Mr Ngoupande said he was lodging a complaint with the African Union.

Analysts say CAR is being used by Sudanese rebels as a crossing point to Chad.
Tension is rising in Chad ahead of elections due next week. President Idriss Deby insists that the polls will go ahead despite a rebel attack on the capital N'Djamena earlier this month. Sudan and Chad accuse each other of backing rebel groups.

Mr Ngoupande said his government was going to talk to the Sudanese authorities about the plane. Earlier reports said that two planes had landed in CAR.

President Francois Bozize seized power in CAR three years ago, and since he stood successfully in a presidential election last year, a rebel movement has emerged in the north. Thousands have fled the fighting, crossing into Chad. But the BBC's Joseph Benamsse in the CAR capital, Bangui, says that military sources say CAR's rebel groups are no longer operating in the area where the plane landed.
Posted by:Steve

#5  I'm sure all the countries are merrily messing about in one another's business as much as possible, not only to keep their own hard boyz busy, but to distract the others from messing in their internal affairs. The colonial property lines never did match the natural tribal borders anyhow, and they've been at it for quite a few generations now.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-04-28 14:29  

#4   I think the smart thing to do at this point is to give Sudan nuclear technology.

Oh, I don't know - if done right (from the belly of a B-1, for instance), it might put a stop to a LOT of the cr@p going on in Africa these days. I wouldn't be surprised to find that Sudan has a hand somehow in the Somali mess, as well as what's going on in Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and the Sinai.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-04-28 13:30  

#3  Anybody seen Christopher Walken lately?...
Posted by: mojo   2006-04-28 11:14  

#2  I think the smart thing to do at this point is to give Sudan nuclear technology. Yeah, that would just about take care of it.
Posted by: Uniting Shirt9124   2006-04-28 09:32  

#1  either The Wild Geese or the Mighty Ducks
Posted by: Frank G   2006-04-28 09:28  

00:00