SUDAN WATCH: Southern Chad

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Sunday, May 21, 2023

USAID pledges $100M for Sudan and its neighbours

THIS woman's ego knows no bounds. I recall her from Darfur war days. She'd step on dead bodies if it'd further her career. The way she writes says it all.

Met with Transitional President Déby and thanked him for Chad’s generosity in hosting Sudanese and other refugees. We also spoke about the need for meaningful participation of opposition groups and civil society in adopting a new constitution and organizing transparent elections. pic.twitter.com/mGLE0iVHdR
— Samantha Power (@PowerUSAID) May 20, 2023

Today, I announced over $100 million in new funding from the U.S. to support people in Sudan and neighboring countries suffering from the impacts of the indiscriminate fighting in Sudan that is wreaking havoc on countless civilians. pic.twitter.com/tPdUMGlV6j
— Samantha Power (@PowerUSAID) May 19, 2023

Saturday, May 20, 2023

US Secretary Blinken’s call with Sudan's Burhan today

Gobbledegook. Gen Burhan sacked Hemeti who seems to have disappeared.

.@SecBlinken spoke today with Sudanese General Abdel Fattah al Burhan regarding the ongoing talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. https://t.co/KElh3l9sO6
— Matthew Miller (@StateDeptSpox) May 20, 2023

Secretary Blinken’s Call with Sudanese General Burhan
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OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON
Saturday 20 May 2023
The following is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller:
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with General Abdel Fattah al Burhan, Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, about the ongoing talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia aimed at reaching an effective short-term ceasefire to facilitate delivery of humanitarian assistance and restoration of essential services. In this step-by-step process, the Secretary urged flexibility and leadership. The Secretary again condemned the violence by both parties that has resulted in the death and injury of many Sudanese civilians, underscoring that agreement in Jeddah would allow the provision of humanitarian assistance and essential services that are desperately needed by the Sudanese people. The United States is unwavering in its support of the democratic aspirations of the Sudanese people for a civilian government and a stable, democratic Sudan.

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Southern Chad clashes: Eleven killed in new attacks

SOUTHERN CHAD clashes has left 11 people dead after attack by “bandits,” in violence between herders and sedentary farmers. Read more.

Report from TheSouthAfrican.com

By AFP - Agence France-Presse

Dated Thursday 18 May 2023 21:52 - full copy:

Southern Chad clashes: Eleven killed in new attacks

Southern Chad clashes has left 11 people dead after attack by “bandits,” in a region troubled by violence between herders and sedentary farmers, the military said on Thursday 18th May, 2023.

The attack occurred on Wednesday 10th of May, coinciding with an announcement by Chad that it had joined with neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR) in an unprecedented crackdown. “Armed bandit cattle rustlers attacked the village of Mankade in Laramanaye district, killing 11 villagers and making off with their cattle,” Defence Minister Daoud Yaya Ibrahim told AFP.

“The security forces pursued them, killing seven bandits and capturing eight others,” he said, adding that the stolen cattle had been recovered.

The incident occurred in the far south of the vast Sahel country, around 60 kilometres (40 miles) from the frontier with CAR.

SOUTHERN CHAD CLASHES AFFECTS SEVERAL VILLAGES

Laramanaye’s deputy prefect, Djimet Blama Souck, told AFP that 12 villagers, including women and children, had been killed in the southern chad.

On May 8, 17 villagers in the region died in a similar attack, which the Chadian army blamed on Chadian “bandits” who had crossed from the CAR.

On Wednesday, the defence minister told AFP that his troops last week had pursued the assailants across the border, and working with the CAR army had killed around a dozen of them.

That operation is now over, he said on Thursday, adding that “dozens of thieves were killed,” and the Chadian forces had returned home with 30 prisoners and 130 stolen cattle. The assertion could not be verified independently in this remote area.

In the CAR capital Bangui, an aide to President Faustin Archange Touadera on Thursday confirmed that the two countries had decided on a crackdown.

“Two weeks ago, two delegations from Chadian and CAR military headquarters met” at the border “to set a joint military action in place,” Fidele Gouandjika, a minister and special advisor to Touadera, told AFP.

Touadera and Chadian leader General Mahamat Idriss Deby “took the joint decision to eradicate the bandits on both sides of the border,” he said.

Ties between the CAR and Chad, two of the poorest and most troubled countries in the world, have often been tense.

Relations have been marked by mutual accusations that the other country is harbouring armed rebels. The fertile border areas of Chad, Cameroon and CAR have been gripped by a confrontation between predominantly Muslim nomadic herders and sedentary farmers who are typically Christian or animist.

Tensions are historically rooted in rivalry over land. The farmers often accuse the herders of letting their cattle trample their crops and eat them, while the herders say they have the traditional right to graze there.