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U.N. peacekeepers soon for Chad

Julian Borger

The U.N. Security Council is due to decide in the next few days on dispatching troops to eastern Chad to try to prevent the Darfur crisis spilling across the border and triggering a regional conflict and further humanitarian catastrophe.

Human rights groups warn that the violence spreading from Sudan has created a volatile mix with clashes between ethnic groups and an insurgency in Chad forcing 1,20,000 Chadians from their homes.

People are scavenging for food and shelter and competing for extremely scarce water with more than 2,00,000 refugees from western Sudan.

Oxfam and Human Rights Watch will on Thursday call for urgent international action to protect civilians caught up in the fighting and curb the violence. — © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2006

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