News Article by Sudanile posted on April 01, 2003 at 12:12:19: EST (-5 GMT)
Chad closes borders with Sudan to stop rebel infiltration - paper
Sudanile web site
April 1, 2003
Chad has resolved to close its borders to prevent infiltration of armed groups [presumably the SLM/A, Sudan Liberation Movement/Army] in Karnawi and Jabal Marrah [both in Western Darfur State, western Sudan] from neighbouring Chad.
According to well-informed sources from the mechanism for entrenching security and state authority in Darfur, this decision was reached during the visit of the [Sudanese] minister of internal affairs to Chad last week.
During the visit, the Chadian president agreed to station his forces on the borders to implement the security agreement on Sudanese-Chadian borders, ratified by the two countries.
A member of the security mechanism, Uthman Muhammad Yusuf, said that regular forces had already started large-scale search missions in the past two days in the regions of Karnawi and Jabal Marrah, where armed rebels are concentrated.
Following these campaigns, four hostages who had been captured six months ago were released...