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Echoes of horror

Updated on 16 May 2006

By Jonathan Miller

The conflict in Darfur spills over into neighbouring Chad, people fleeing villages in scenes that echo the Janjaweed mayhem in Sudan.


The conflict in Darfur spills over into neighbouring Chad, people fleeing villages in scenes that echo the Janjaweed mayhem in S

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Villages abandoned - thousands forced to flee their homes - pursued by a violent Arab militia. This is not Sudan's war torn Darfur region - but neighbouring Chad.

Its President says his country is a victim of conflict spilling over the border - and claims that rebels trained and armed by Khartoum are trying to overthrow him.

There's no comment from Sudan - but evidence from Chad's borders with western Darfur reveals a land haunted by the looming threat of war.

In villages east of Goz Beida - the organisation Human rights watch has been documenting what's going on as our foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Miller reports. His report does contain distressing images.

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