Sudan has cut diplomatic ties with Chad, accusing its neighbour of supporting a Darfur rebel attack on the capital, Khartoum.
Sudan's government said it had beaten back the assault by the Justice and Equality Movement rebels, allegedly backed by Ndjamena. The insurgents reached Khartoum's outskirts, where they briefly held some suburbs, with the declared intent of toppling the regime. A curfew on the city has been extended indefinitely to capture remaining rebels. Khartoum and Ndjamena accuse Sudan army repels rebel attack on Khartoum ...
Curfew declared in Khartoum ...
300,000 may have died in Darfur: UN official ... each other of backing rebels seeking to topple their respective regimes. In February, rebels allegedly backed by Khartoum advanced as far as the gates of the presidential palace in Ndjamena before being repulsed.
(Deutsche Welle)
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