Violence blamed on refugee influx
Chad’s prime minister blamed the influx of about 300,000 refugees from Sudan’s neighboring Darfur region for his country’s worsening tensions with Sudan, and he demanded that the international community remove the people.
Prime Minister Nouradin Koumakoye warned that if the refugees are not transferred elsewhere, Chad’s government would expel them on its own.
Koumakoye repeated charges that Sudan is fomenting violence in Chad because Darfur refugees are sheltering there . Chadian rebels attacked the capital this month before being driven off, but Sudan denies any involvement.
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