US EditionChad Shuts Sudan Border After Drone Strike Kills Civilians in El Tina
Chad closed its 1,300-kilometre border and ordered military retaliation after drone strikes killed at least 22 civilians amid escalating Sudanese conflict, officials said.
- Mahamat Idriss Déby ordered the closure of Chad’s border with Sudan and placed the military on maximum alert after a deadly drone strike.
- The attack on a civilian gathering in Mabrouka during Ramadan killed at least 16 people and was reportedly launched from Sudanese territory.
- Déby condemned the strike as aggression and warned of retaliation against any further attacks, including from Sudanese armed groups like the SAF and RSF.
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Sudanese Civil War Escalates as Drone Strikes Deepen Civilian Toll and Regional Risks
A Sudanese family in rural Wasat AL Gadaref, Gedaref State, near Khartoum, Sudan. Credit: UNICEF/Osman SaifBy Oritro KarimUNITED NATIONS, Mar 20 2026 (IPS) The past two weeks have marked a significantly violent escalation in the Sudanese Civil War, with drone strikes and artillery shelling between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) causing widespread destruction, casualties, and displacement. With humanitarian res…
The Government of Chad has stated that for now it cannot determine who is behind the recorded attack...
Chad Shuts Sudan Border After Drone Strike Kills Civilians in El Tina
El Tina / N'djamena / Mabrouka -- Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby has ordered the immediate closure of Chad's 1,300-kilometre border with Sudan and placed the military on maximum alert following a deadly drone strike on a border town, yesterday.
The Minister of the Army Issakha Malloua Djamous and the Minister of Public Security Ali Ahmat Akhabache have been present since 19 March 2026, in eastern Chad, in Tiné, where a drone strike from Sudan killed at least 19 people on 18 March. Accompanied by the Chief of General Staff Abakar Abdelkerim Daoud, they met troops deployed on the border with Sudan while the Chadian army was placed "in maximum alert".
Chad Border Zone Rocked by Clashes Between Sudanese Factions
Sudanese armed groups are waging hit-and-run attacks across the Chad-Sudan border, resulting in hundreds of casualties, disrupting border trade and cross-border humanitarian operations, and raising tensions within Chad’s divided security establishment.On the one side is the ethnic Zaghawa Joint Force, which is allied with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). On the other side is the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the largely Arab rebel group that contr…
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