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Article: In Chad, put refugees first.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- February 6, 2008
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An attempted coup in Africa's Chad has put the UN, and particularly France, on alert. At stake is the care of hundreds of thousands of refugees from Darfur and Chad, and a new refugee stream created by the fighting. In this tricky case, humanitarian considerations must be paramount.
The current trouble began Feb. 2 when rebels advanced into Chad's capital, N'Djamena, and made it to the palace of President Idriss Deby. Government forces pushed them back to the city's outskirts in fierce fighting, which set off a mass exodus of residents to neighboring Cameroon.
Mr. Deby is no Mr. Clean. He came to power through revolt, has held his position through ...