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CHAD-SUDAN OFFICIALS MEET WITH AU HEAD December 28, 2005
Chad-Sudan officials meet with AU head
Apunyu Bonny
(SomaliNet) Chadian President Idriss Deby, Tuesday, 27th December met with Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo and head of the African Union, in Nigeria as part of efforts to defuse tensions between Chad and neighbouring Sudan. Reports IRIN
Deby's visit – as a guest at Obasanjo's farm in southwestern Nigeria – coincided with a visit by a Sudanese special envoy.This follows Chadian government’s declaration of "a state of belligerence" between itself and Sudan following a deadly border attack Chad blamed on the Sudanese government.
Chad and Sudan have long traded accusations, each side saying the other is supporting rebel movements. Most recently, Chad blamed Sudan for a 18 December attack on the eastern Chadian town of Adre. On Monday Deby told reporters in the Chadian capital, N'djamena, that the Sudanese goverment was preparing fresh attacks, saying Sudan has sent 50 military vehicles to el-Geneina in its western Darfur region.