Conflict spreading into eastern Chad
Violence is spilling over into Chad (again).
ABECHE, Chad: Attacks on civilians and aid groups have intensified sharply along the Chad-Sudan border in the last two weeks, as the violence in Darfur continues to spill over into its African neighbor.
The violence is leading the United Nations to consider a new option: Stymied by a lack of progress on a proposal to put peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region, it now is weighing trying to put more than 10,000 peacekeepers in Chad along its border with Sudan.
More than 230,000 Darfur refugees have fled to Chad during four years of ethnic chaos in Darfur fueled by the Sudanese government. In all, an estimated 2.5 million in Darfur have fled their homes and another 200,000 have died since 2003.
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