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Sudan violence spreads to Chad

Updated on 10 April 2007

By Jonathan Miller

The violence in Sudan's Darfur region spreads to neighbouring Chad, where 400 people have been killed by Sudan's Janjaweed fighters.

At least 200,000 people dead and 2.5 million forced into refugee camps. That is the estimated human cost of the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region.

Now the violence has dragged in neighbouring Chad. The UN says 400 people have been killed in Chad during cross-border raids by Sudanese Janjaweed fighters responsible for much of the violence in Darfur.

And Chad has now admitted entering Sudanese territory and killing several soldiers.

Darfur has been in a state of turmoil for nearly four years, but in the past 18 months the conflict has spread across the border into Chad. And despite all international efforts, the government of Sudan still resists all attempts to try and end the violence.

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