Tensions between the 200,000 Sudanese refugees and Chadian host communities remain high.

Chadian losses were minimal only 18 soldiers died and three Toyotas were destroyed.

This increase was due to the inflow of Angolan, Mauritanian and Chadian refugees.

Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers.

Some 10,000 Chadian refugees also entered the Central African Republic during the first quarter of 1993.

59. The voluntary repatriation of Chadian refugees, which had begun in May 1992, resumed in December 1992.

The EEC contribution made it possible to provide assistance to Chadian refugees in Niger in various fields.

Abou Zeid was killed by French and Chadian troops on 25 February 2013 in fighting in Northern Mali.

10. In late 1993, some Chadian refugees who had settled in the north of Nigeria opted for voluntary repatriation.

Reports of defections from the Chadian army have highlighted the risk of transborder tribal ties internationalizing the conflict in Darfur.

In early 1993, and again in the month of June, the Central African Republic received an influx totalling 20,000 Chadian refugees.

16. In Niger, the country apos s Red Cross is responsible for implementing the care and maintenance project for Chadian refugees.

The EEC contributed financially to meeting the needs of Malian refugees in Burkina Faso and Chadian refugees in Niger, in 1993.

25. In Niger, the transfer of Chadian refugees to the site of Gouré, which began in 1993, will continue in 1994.

However, it was believed that many of the troops who fled the Chadian attacks of March 1987 were members of the Legion.

In 2008 a new French intervention strengthens the regime of Chadian President Idriss Deby and evacuated foreigners while rebels from neighboring Sudan attacked.

However, on 24 September, a delegation composed of the AU, JEM and Chadian co mediators travelled to N'djamena to meet President Idriss Déby.

At Iridimi Camp, three refugees were shot when refugees opposed to a re registration exercise clashed with Chadian police responsible for providing camp security.

As well as the passivity shown in recent days by the Chadian interposition force dispatched to Sibut, a barrier located a hundred kilometers from Bangui

The regional spillover effects of this crisis on Chad and the impact of Chadian groups crossing into west Darfur are also cause for great concern.

The town of Fotokol has been subjected to battles between Boko Haram and Camerronian and Chadian armed forces recently March 2014, August 2014 and October 2014.

The total number of military observers on the ground is now 440, broken down as follows African Union, 362 Chadian mediation, 18 Sudanese parties, 46 partners, 14.

The emergence of the Chadian army in support of the Cameroonian and Nigerian military appears to be decisive, given the panic moves that has seemingly gripped Boko Haram.

Where resettlement is concerned, priority will be given to Chadian asylum seekers who will be directed towards the Central African Republic where planned projects already exist for their local integration.

As at 1 August 2004, roughly 1.2 million Sudanese were internally displaced in the three Darfur states, and tens of thousands more were forced to seek safety across the Chadian border.

The Office there intervened repeatedly to resolve disputes among refugees and with locals and reached agreement with Chadian authorities to provide a regular police presence, including of female officers, around the camps.

562. It is noted with satisfaction that international and Chadian non governmental organizations can now work in the country and that some progress has been achieved in regard to freedom of expression.

In another worrisome development, a group of Chadian deserters took refuge in the Darfur region, straining relations between the Sudan and Chad and adding yet another destabilizing factor to the complex regional picture.

24. At the same time, efforts will be made to encourage Mauritanian refugees in Mali, Chadian refugees in Niger and Senegalese refugees in Guinea Bissau to produce in order to become self reliant.

At Goz Amer camp, a Chadian customs official and three refugees were killed by gunshot wounds sustained in a confrontation ignited by the seizure of plastic sheeting sold by refugees in the camp market.

The team also expressed its sympathy with the Senegalese soldiers injured near the Chadian border in the course of an ambush by rogue elements of a splinter group of one of the rebel movements.

31. In Nigeria, the UNHCR Branch Office, in cooperation with the authorities of that country, is preparing measures that should lead to the voluntary repatriation of 500 Chadian refugees in the north of the country.

These consist essentially of Senegalese refugees in Guinea Bissau and the Gambia, Mauritania refugees in Mali, Chadian and Liberian refugees in Nigeria and Niger, and including Malian refugees in Burkina and Ghanaian refugees in Togo.

Libya had been involved in Chad's internal affairs prior to 1978 and before Muammar Gaddafi's rise to power in Libya in 1969, beginning with the extension of the Chadian Civil War to northern Chad in 1968.

The Committee noted with interest the information provided by the Chadian delegation on the status of preparations for the 2005 Bahr el Ghazal joint military exercise to be carried out in that country in November 2005.

41. In its response of 24 June 1993 to the Secretary General, Chad indicated that, owing to its geographical situation, fishing organizations of Chadian nationality were not in a position to exercise high seas fishing activities.

After a long break since its last meeting in February 2005, the ninth meeting of the Joint Commission established by the N'djamena Protocol of 8 April 2004 was held in the Chadian capital on 13 and 14 October.

Chadian Prime Minister Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet said that at least 2,500 Nigerians and 500 Chadians had sought refuge in the neighbouring country following the attacks, some of whom were trying to cross Lake Chad in flimsy and overloaded canoes.

I would like to say how pleased Algeria is at the positive outcome of this Chadian Libyan territorial dispute over the Aouzou Strip and how happy we are at the outstanding role played by the Court in this case.

556. The members of the Committee noted with satisfaction that, according to information received, international and Chadian non governmental organizations had permission to work in the country and that some progress had been observed in the area of freedom of expression.

In all of these occasions Gaddafi had the support of a number of factions participating in the civil war, while Libya's opponents found the support of the French government, which intervened militarily to save the Chadian government in 1978, 1983 and 1986.

It firmly condemns in this context recent attacks perpetrated by armed elements within Chad and in particular the attack on 19 December 2005 on positions of the Chadian national army in the town of Adré, and supports efforts to reduce tensions on the border.

In addition to the 400 or so Chadian refugees expected in 1994 from Nigeria, it is possible that other groups, such as those in the Central African Republic, may apply to return from their country of asylum if the situation in Chad becomes more stable.

The Committee welcomed the agreement of 21 August 2005 whereby 600 combatants of the armed faction of the Mouvement pour la Démocratie et la Justice au Tchad (MDJT) had realigned themselves with the Chadian Government. The Committee encouraged the Government to pursue its efforts towards the reconciliation of all the citizens of Chad.