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At least 17 dead in fighting on Sudan’s border with Chad, aid group says
The attack killed 17 civilians during a funeral gathering, prompting Chad to close its border and vow military retaliation amid ongoing Sudan civil war spillover.
- On Wednesday, March 18, a drone from Sudan struck Tine, Chad, killing at least 15 people, with local sources reporting the strike hit a funeral gathering.
- The three-year civil war between the RSF and Sudan's army has spilled into Chad, with the Chad government announcing border closure at the end of February amid a nearly 1,400-kilometre porous border.
- A military source told AFP 16 people were killed by a drone attributed to the Rapid Support Forces, while the RSF denied involvement on Telegram and blamed Sudan's army; an earlier rocket struck Tine at the end of February.
- The attack deepens insecurity and heightens pressures on communities hosting nearly one million refugees in Chad, with the civil war killing tens of thousands and displacing over 12 million, the UN says.
- Control of Darfur by RSF and the claimed control of Tina on February 21 underscore how communities sit astride the porous border between Chad and Sudan.
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A bombardment killed 17 people on Wednesday 18 March in the border town of Tiné. The ammunition used seems to incriminate General Hemedti's Rapid Support Forces, according to the evidence collected by "Liberation".
·Paris, France
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Chad government says drone attack from Sudan kills 17
A cross-border drone attack from Sudan killed 17 people in Chad including mourners attending a funeral service, the Chadian government and local sources said on Thursday, and the country's president vowed to retaliate for any further attacks. The border town of Tine was struck on Wednesday afternoon as mourners gathered at a house for a funeral ceremony for a dead relative that involved reading the Quran, a local resident said. There were two ex…
·London, United Kingdom
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