US EditionAt least 17 dead in fighting on Sudan’s border with Chad, aid group says
The drone strike killed 17 civilians in Tine, Chad, amid escalating cross-border violence linked to Sudan's civil war, with 66 people seriously wounded, Doctors Without Borders reported.
- On Wednesday, March 18, a drone from Sudan struck Tine, Chad, killing at least 15 people, with local sources reporting the strike hit a funeral gathering.
- The three-year civil war between the RSF and Sudan's army has spilled into Chad, with the Chad government announcing border closure at the end of February amid a nearly 1,400-kilometre porous border.
- A military source told AFP 16 people were killed by a drone attributed to the Rapid Support Forces, while the RSF denied involvement on Telegram and blamed Sudan's army; an earlier rocket struck Tine at the end of February.
- The attack deepens insecurity and heightens pressures on communities hosting nearly one million refugees in Chad, with the civil war killing tens of thousands and displacing over 12 million, the UN says.
- Control of Darfur by RSF and the claimed control of Tina on February 21 underscore how communities sit astride the porous border between Chad and Sudan.
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Chad says 17 killed in Sudanese drone attack
Government officials in Chad announced Thursday that 17 people were killed and several more injured in the eastern town of Tine late Wednesday in a drone attack originating from Sudan. Tine is situated on Chad's border with Sudan's western Darfur region. A military spokesman said that all of those killed were civilians. Local eyewitnesses reported two explosions that struck mourners at a funeral as well as children playing nearby. Chad vows reta…
Chad closes border with Sudan amid drone attack
Chad’s President, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, has ordered the immediate closure of the country’s border with Sudan and placed the military on maximum alert following a reported drone attack on Chadian territory. Security analyst, Zagazola Makama disclosed that the directive came after an emergency defence and security council meeting convened late on March 18 at the presidential palace in Ndjamena. According to the statement, “sources stated that …
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republicain-lorrain.frSeventeen people were killed in the border town of Tiné, Chad, in a drone attack from neighbouring Sudan on Wednesday night.
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The PrintDrone attack from Sudan kills 17 in Chad, Chadian government says
N'DJAMENA, March 19 - A cross-border drone attack from Sudan killed 17 people in Chad including mourners attending a funeral service, the Chadian government and local sources said on Thursday, and the country's president vowed to retaliate for any further attacks. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Military sources accuse Hemetti's FSRs who continue to pound Darfur, and in February they claimed the capture of Tina, the twin border town of the affected one last night.
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