Zentralafrikanische Republik / Tschad
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MINURCAT
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (UN-Geführt)
Beginn: 10/07
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Chad: European force sticks to mandate under early pressure (20.06.2008)
(Quelle: allAfrica) The European Union's first major overseas military deployment - to the impoverished central African nation of Chad - is caught in a war of words between the country's president and tenacious rebel groups operating on Chad's arid border with Sudan. On Monday, Chadian President Idriss Deby accused the peacekeepers of effectively aiding rebel groups, sparking a diplomatic row. The peacekeepers' poorly-understood mandate lies at the heart of the dispute.
Chad’s Deby slams EU force for not halting rebels (17.06.2008)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) Chadian President Idriss Deby accused a European Union military force in the east of his country on Monday of 'closing its eyes' to attacks by rebels who have captured several towns in a fast-moving advance. Deby’s sharp criticism of the European force (EUFOR), which has a United Nations mandate to protect nearly half a million civilian refugees in Chad, followed a statement from the rebels saying they had seized the eastern town of Biltine.
Dans l'est du Tchad, premier incident armé entre Eufor et rebelles venus du Soudan (16.06.2008)
(Quelle: Le Monde) Lundi matin 16 juin, l'est du Tchad redoutait une percée, menée par plusieurs groupes qui se livrent en brousse à 'une guerre de mouvement, pas de positions', selon le ministre de la communication tchadien, Mahamat Hissène, et dans laquelle des soldats de l'Eufor, la force européenne au Tchad et en Centrafrique, se sont trouvés engagés brièvement, pour la première fois depuis le début de leur déploiement en mars. Pour l'Eufor, ce début d'épreuve du feu a eu lieu à Goz Beida, au sud d'Abéché, l'un des pôles humanitaire de l'Est où sont déployés plus de quatre cents soldats européens, majoritairement irlandais.
Chad rebels attack town, EU troops shield refugees (14.06.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Rebels on the offensive in east Chad on Saturday attacked a town ringed by refugee camps but stayed away from European Union troops protecting thousands of civilians, witnesses and rebel spokesmen said. The attack on Goz-Beida, 70 km (40 miles) by road from Chad's eastern border with Sudan's Darfur region, came on the third day of what rebel forces say is their latest offensive westwards aimed at trying to overthrow President Idriss Deby.
Chadian president snubs UN delegation (08.06.2008)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno refused to meet a visiting UN Security Council delegation, a diplomatic source in the delegation told AFP on Saturday, denouncing Deby’s move as risky. Officially the president was out of the country when the delegation arrived, although his whereabouts were not specified.
UN urges Chad-Sudan reconciliation (06.06.2008)
(Quelle: Mail and Guardian) United Nations Security Council envoys will ask Chad's president to seek reconciliation with neighbour Sudan after rebel attacks this year that both sides blame on each other, France's UN envoy said on Friday. On the sixth day of a 10-day tour of African conflict spots, the council ambassadors visited refugee camps in eastern Chad on Friday prior to a planned meeting with Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno in the capital, Ndjamena.
First batch of Chadian police and gendarmerie graduate from UN training course (03.06.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) The first 71 Chadian police and gendarmerie commanders graduated today from a United Nations programme aimed at ensuring the safety and security of an estimated 250,000 refugees and 180,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in the east of the country. The commanders – who will form part of a new unit known as the Détachement Integré de Sécurité (DIS) – took part in a graduation ceremony today after completing more than six weeks of training in the Chadian capital, N’Djamena.
EU mission in Chad discounts fresh rebel push (03.06.2008)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) The commander of the European Union force in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) said Monday that he sees no likelihood of a fresh rebel attack on Chad’s capital Ndjamena. 'Right now, we have no information to suggest that a raid comparable to the February push — or even the one on April 1 — might be forthcoming,' Brigadier-General Jean-Philippe Ganascia told a press conference.
AU chief urges Chad and Sudan to calm tensions (17.05.2008)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) The head of the African Union, Jean Ping, held talks with the presidents of Chad and Sudan on Thursday in a bid to resolve growing tensions between the two countries.
Growing violence in eastern Chad alarms UN refugee agency (16.05.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is voicing deep concern about the escalating violence inside eastern Chad, where two gendarmes guarding a refugee camp were shot dead earlier this week and an increasing number of vehicles have been hijacked by bandits.
Aid groups face dilemma over EU protection (16.05.2008)
(Quelle: Irinnews) Faced with frequent armed robberies, many aid groups in eastern Chad say the European Union Force (EUFOR), deployed there since February, is not doing its job of protecting them. At the same time, many of those same aid groups say they do not want to jeopardise their neutrality by being associated with the armed force.
Chadian rebel asks France to mediate in conflict (13.05.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Chadian rebel leader Abderaman Koulamallah on Tuesday asked France to mediate between rebels and President Idriss Deby Itno in order to resolve Chad's political crisis.
Chad announces closure of border with Sudan (13.05.2008)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) Chad announced the closure of its eastern border with Sudan after Khartoum broke off diplomatic relations with N’djamena saying it had supported a rebel attack. Chad regretted on Sunday Sudanese decision to sever diplomatic relations over a Darfur rebel attack on the Sudanese capital Khartoum.
EU foreign policy chief inspects EU force in Africa (07.05.2008)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) The European Union’s foreign policy chief Javier Solana arrived here Tuesday for a first inspection of an EU force in the Central African Republic (CAR) and neighbouring Chad to protect Sudanese refugees who fled troubled Darfur. Solana, EU high representative for security policy, was set for talks with CAR President Francois Bozize.
Sudan, Chad endorse plan to monitor border joint border (30.04.2008)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) Military experts from Sudan and Chad discussed during a two-day meeting in the Libyan capital the deployment of an African force. They endorsed a plan to monitor the border between the two countries.The group of contact established by Dakar Agreement between the Sudan and Chad has agreed to deploy military monitors through the 1500 km long common border between the two countries.
EU Chad mission should not last over 1 year-general (26.04.2008)
(Quelle: n/a) The European Union military force deployed to protect refugees and civilians in eastern Chad should not be kept there beyond its one-year mandate, a top EU defence chief said on Friday. French General Henri Bentegeat, who chairs the EU's Military Committee, said during a visit to the landlocked African country he believed member states would be reluctant to commit to an extension of the Chad force's 12-month mission.
Sudan’s Mahdi proposes tribal conference to ease Sudan Chad tension (16.04.2008)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) The Former Sudanese Prime Minister and leader of the opposition Umma Party proposed to hold a conference for the tribal and traditional leader of all the ethnic groups disseminated between the Sudan and Chad. The Chadian President, Idriss Deby received Sadiq al-Mahdi in the Presidential Palace on Monday April 14, 2008 to discuss a peace plan to defuse tension between the two neighbouring countries.
Rebels’ border war prolongs Darfur’s misery (13.04.2008)
(Quelle: New York Times) As the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan has raged for five years, it has also engulfed Chad. About 200,000 refugees have fled into the borderlands, chased by Arab militias and government troops and setting off ethnic battles that echo those in Darfur. The crisis continues to draw closer to outright confrontation between Chad and Sudan. Political analysts, diplomats and even the combatants acknowledge that both sides are supporting and arming rebellions on each other’s soil.
Sudan Chad contact group decides to deploy border monitors (12.04.2008)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) The group of contact established by Dakar Agreement between the Sudan and Chad has agreed to deploy military monitors through the 1500 km long common border between the two countries. According to a non-aggression deal signed in the Senegalese capital, on the sidelined of the Islamic Conference summit on March 13, the parties agreed to deploy a peacekeeping force to ensure stability on the joint border and to establish a contact group composed of Congo, Eritrea, Gabon, Libya and Senegal.
Plight of displaced in Chad, Central African Republic worries Security Council (09.04.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) Condemning continued armed activity of rebel groups in eastern Chad, members of the Security Council today expressed their concern over the humanitarian situation in that region and the neighbouring north-eastern Central African Republic (CAR), as the number of displaced persons continues to swell.
Chad says rebel attack from Sudan "imminent": minister (09.04.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Thousands of rebels massed in Sudan are about to attack neighbouring Chad in an attempt to destabilise it, Chad's defence minister said Wednesday. … His statement was issued on the eve of a first session by a contact group tasked to implement a March 13 Dakar agreement to end the five-year conflict between the two African neighbours.
In Chad, UN mission starts training local police (08.04.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) is launching a programme tomorrow to train 77 Chadian police and gendarmerie commanders in law and order and respect for human rights. After an intensive four-week course, the officers will form part of the Détachement Integré de Sécurité (DIS) working in refugee camps, internally displaced person (IDP) sites and major towns in eastern Chad.
Russian helicopters to take part in EU peacekeeping mission in Chad (05.04.2008)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) A Russian Air Force helicopter group has begun preparations for a peacekeeping mission to Chad, Air Force Commander Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin said on Friday.
Chad, CAR, Darfur must be tackled together - Ban Ki-Moon (03.04.2008)
(Quelle: n/a) The flare-up of civil strife, cross-border tension and displacement involving Chad, the Central African Republic (CAR) and Sudan should be addressed in a unified manner that is outside the mandate of the mission currently being deployed by the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a report released today.
Tchad: les rebelles appellent à nouveau la France à ne pas soutenir Deby (02.04.2008)
(Quelle: Le Monde) La principale alliance rebelle tchadienne a appelé mercredi la France à 's'abstenir de tout soutien' au président Idriss Deby Itno et les avions militaires français à 'cesser tout survol' de ses positions, au lendemain de nouveaux combats contre l'armée dans l'est du Tchad. Selon des sources rebelle et militaire tchadiennes, la situation était calme mercredi matin dans la région d'Adé, localité frontalière du Soudan, où ces affrontements avaient eu lieu mardi.
Foreboding with first rebel attack since February (01.04.2008)
(Quelle: Irinnews) An attack on government troops early on 1 April at the town of Ade in eastern Chad on the border with Sudan is the first serious attempt by the rebels to challenge government forces since February when the rebels got as far as the capital N’djamena before withdrawing. “The attack today [1 April] could just be a single event but we fear that it is the beginning of a much larger offensive,” according to a diplomat in N’djamena who wished to remain anonymous.
Chadian rebel groups in new alliance (28.03.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Chad's two main rebel groups. who were behind a February push on Ndjamena that almost toppled the government, have formed a new alliance, their leaders said in a statement Friday. The Rally of Forces for Change (RFC) said opposition to Chad's president Idriss Deby Itno was best advanced under the leadership of the National Alliance (NA), which has named the general Mahamat Nouri as its chief.
UN envoy meets with President of CAR on new force (28.03.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) The United Nations’ top envoy for Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) has consulted with CAR President François Bozizé on deployment of an innovative peacekeeping mission in the two countries, a UN spokesperson said today.
Chad rebel says government contacted him for talks (24.03.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Chad President Idriss Deby's government has contacted a Chadian rebel leader about resuming peace negotiations following an assault by the insurgents on the capital last month, the rebel chief said on Friday. … Interior Minister Ahmat Mahamat Bachir confirmed the contact with the RFC rebels.
Chad, Sudan trade accusations of violating Dakar deal (23.03.2008)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) Chad submitted what it said was 'irrefutable proof' of Sudan’s plans to stage fresh attacks on its neighbour to representatives of countries and bodies monitoring the accord concluded in Dakar on March 13, a diplomatic source said. Meanwhile Sudan had alleged to the United Nations Security Council that Chad had broken the agreement not to aid each other’s opposing rebel groups on either side of the border.