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Chad demands removal of Sudanese refugees
Chad's prime minister demanded the international community remove hundreds of thousands of Darfur refugees from the country.
- Agencies
- Published: 10:22 February 12, 2008
N'Djamena: Chad's prime minister demanded the international community remove hundreds of thousands of Darfur refugees from the country.
Prime Minister Nouradin Koumakoye also warned that if Sudan does not act, his government would drive the refugees back to war-ravaged Darfur.
Koumakoye charged that Sudan's government has fomented violence in Chad, including backing a failed coup attempt last week, because of the refugees' presence.
"We want the international community to look for another country so that the Sudanese can leave. If they cannot do it, we are going to do it," Koumakoye said.
Sudan has denied that it backs Chadian rebels, who often clash with government forces in the east. There are now more than 290,000 Darfur refugees in Chad.
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