US EditionChad: 7 soldiers killed in reported clash at Sudanese border with RSF
The clash followed a series of RSF attacks near Chad's border since October, part of Sudan's civil war that has displaced 12 million people, officials said.
- On Friday, Chad said seven of its soldiers were killed in a clash near Tine at the Sudanese border, blaming the Rapid Support Forces .
- The RSF's war has killed tens of thousands and displaced 12 million, with around one million fleeing to Chad, the United Nations says.
- On December 26, two Chadian soldiers were killed at the border in a drone attack by the RSF, which the UAE condemned without attributing it.
- Chadian government spokesman Gassim Cherif said there was an "incursion" on Thursday by armed fighters from Sudan and warned 'We cannot have our defence and security forces dragged into the conflict... or Chadians dying.', adding 'This is our final warning.'
- The RSF's cross-border actions have included several attacks near the Chadian border since October, triggering international outcry over reports of mass killings, summary executions and systematic rape.
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This altercation on Thursday between the Chadian army and the Rapid Support Forces raised fears that the Sudanese conflict would spill over into neighbouring countries. On 26 December, two Chadian soldiers died in a drone attack by the FSR.
Seven Chadian soldiers killed and one general wounded on Thursday on the Sudanese border, near the town of Tiné in the Wadi Fira region, following an altercation with Sudanese paramilitaries of the Forces de soutien rapide (FSR), according to the spokesman of the Chadian army ministry.
The New Arab
africadaily.netChad says seven soldiers killed in clash at Sudanese border
Chad said Friday seven of its soldiers had been killed in a clash at the Sudanese border, with an official blaming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the group locked in a brutal civil war in Sudan. Chadian government spokesman Gassim Cherif told a news conference there had been an "incursion" into Chad on Thursday by armed fighters from Sudan, leading to a clash when Chadian troops ordered them to leave. A government official told AFP the Sudanese…
Chad: 7 soldiers killed in reported clash at Sudanese border with RSF
Chad said Friday seven of its soldiers had been killed in a clash at the Sudanese border, with an official blaming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the group locked in a brutal civil war in Sudan.
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Chad reports deadly clashes with Sudanese paramilitary forces
YAOUNDE, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Some Chadian soldiers were killed and others injured after clashes with Sudanese paramilitary forces along the border of the eastern part of the country, Chad's Minister of Communication and Government Spokesman Gassim Cherif Mahamat said on Friday.
Seven Chadian soldiers were killed in clashes with Sudanese rebels from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Chad-Sudan border on Thursday. Chadian government spokesman Mahamat Cherif Gassim announced the killings on Friday. “Armed groups of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), fighting in the internal conflict in Sudan, illegally crossed the border and launched military operations on Chadian territory against defense and security forces and civilia…
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