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2009 EUROPE ON THE MOVE
European forces in Chad: end of a mission
European Union soldiers serving in eastern Chad have recently switched to the United Nations mission in the Central African Republic and Chad. The forces have been working to protect refugees fleeing Darfur.
Angola - Angolagate - Chad - EUFOR - Niger
Moussa Kaka tastes freedom
In this week's edition of The Week in Africa: the provisional release of Niger journalist Moussa Kaka after more than a year in prison, the Angolagate scandal and the limits of the Eufor mission in Chad.
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The challenges of Eufor's Chad mission
The European Union Force (Eufor) arrived in eastern Chad in March 2008 to protect civilians, refugees from Darfur and displaced people. But it is powerless to address some of the most pressing problems of the region.
CHAD - REPORT
Abeche residents react to Eufor presence
Eufor is in Chad to protect civilians. FRANCE 24 special correspondents Nicolas Germain and Virginie Herz gathered opinions on the efficiency of the force from ordinary Chadians in Abeche, where the main Eufor camp is based.
CHAD - REPORT
Life in the Eufor camp in Abeche
The European force (Eufor) is based in eastern Chad, with more than a third of its 3,200 troops stationed in the "Camp des Etoiles" outside the town of Abeche. FRANCE 24 special correspondents Virginie Herz and Nicolas Germain report.
CHAD - REPORT
A volatile region bordering on Darfur
Eufor troops are deployed in eastern Chad, a very unstable region that shares a border with the war-stricken Sudanese province of Darfur. FRANCE 24 special correspondents in Chad, Nicolas Germain and Virginie Herz, report from the field.
CHAD - REPORT
The limits to Eufor's mandate
Eufor troops were dispatched to eastern Chad to protect civilians. But in a zone about half the size of France, 3,000 men is not much - and they do not have the right to arrest the region's numerous bandits.
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EUFOR caught between Chad's rebels and regular army
For the first time since their deployment in Chad, EUFOR soldiers have had to use force. Caught between rebels and the regular army, their situation remains uncomfortable since the rebel offensive in eastern Chad. (Report: A.Chabod, B. Saison)
CHAD - REBEL ATTACKS
Chad rebels deny defeat in Am Zoer
Days after a rebel alliance launched an offensive in Chad, sweeping westward toward the capital of N’Djamena, the tide appeared to be turning against the rebels in the eastern Chadian town of Am Zoer. FRANCE 24 Correspondent A.Zajtman reports.
CHAD - FRANCE 24 REPORT
Chad accuses Sudan of border attack
The Chadian government accused neighbouring Sudan of attacking the border town of Ade. Meanwhile Chadian rebel forces claimed Tuesday to have defeated government troops in Am-Zoer, a city north-west of Abeche.
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