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Article: The danger of war spilling over; Chad.(Unstable Chad)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- March 4, 2006
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Chaos in western Sudan is threatening to engulf neighbouring Chad too
THE mayhem in Darfur, in western Sudan, where some 400,000 people may have been killed and 2m-plus displaced, is worsening. The misery is spreading west into neighbouring Chad, unhinging that country and threatening a proxy war with Sudan. What can be done?
It is widely accepted, in Africa and elsewhere, that the peacekeeping force in Darfur under the aegis of the African Union (AU) was hopelessly ill-equipped to succeed in its valiant bid to hold the ring. Hence an appeal last month by the UN's secretary-general, Kofi Annan, for the UN to take over with a force twice the size of the ...