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France and the USA belatedly worry about the rebellion - Khartoum helps foment it

The crisis in Chad has escalated from a parochial dispute about whether a civilianised military politician can extend his tenure into a full-blown regional crisis, also drawing in Beijing, Paris and Washington. President Idriss Déby Itno has won the first round, with French help, by routing the rebel invasion of 9-13 April, killing hundreds of armed oppositionists in the centre of N'djamena. General Déby still looks far from secure....

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Idriss Déby Itno, French, United States, Donald Yamamoto, Sudan, Abbas Mahamat Tolli, Rebels' surprise attack, Djibouti, Central African Republic, Mahamat Nour Abdelkrim, Thousands more villagers displaced, Alpha Oumar Konaré, Chinese, Taiwan, Ngarléjy Yorongar, Benin, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Dawsa Déby, Timane Déby, Tom, Timane Erdimi, Minni Arkou Minnawi, Khalil Ibrahim Mohamed, Made in Sudan, Mahamat Garfa, Mahamat Abbo Sileck, Jibril, Djibrine, Abdel Karim Bari 'Tek', Hissène Habré, Hassan Bargo, Salah Abdullah 'Gosh', Yaya Dillo Djerou, Canada, Abakar Tolli, Africa Confidential, Coordination des Partis Politiques pour la Défense de la Constitution, Front Uni pour le Changement et la Démocratie, enturbanés, Janjaweed, Rassemblement des Forces Démocratiques, Alliance Nationale de Résistance, Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et les Libertés, Garde Républicaine, Socle pour le Changement, l'Unité et la Démocratie, Groupe du 8 Décembre, Rassemblement pour la Justice

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