Sudans authorities on Saturday Strongly condemned the killing of 18 Sudanese persons during an attack by an armed group from Chad. Apart from those killed, several nomads were also wounded in the attack and their livestock was looted and taken to Chad.
KHARTOUM AUGUST 6: Sudan’s coup authorities on Saturday Strongly condemned the killing of 18 Sudanese persons during an attack by an armed group from Chad, the Sudanese state media reported.
Chad, officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the south-west, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west.
Chad ranks the 3rd lowest in the Human Development Index, and a least developed country facing the effects of being one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the world.
The murders took place on Thursday this week when Sudanese herders from West Darfur state were ambushed while following the tracks of camels looted by the Chadians the day before, according to Sudan’s coup authorities. Apart from those killed, several nomads were also wounded in the attack and their livestock was looted and taken to Chad.
On Saturday, Sudan’s Ali al-Sadiq conveyed his country’s “protest and condemnation of the incident”, in a meeting with Chad’s ambassador to Khartoum. He also “demanded that Chad exerts an effort to arrest the assailants and to recover the stolen items,” according to Sudan’s official news agency SUNA.
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