The government of Chad issued a communique Thursday that said rebels from Sudan had crossed into Chad. The communique, sent out from the capital N'Djamena, does not offer any other details. Chad is still recovering from a failed attempt last month by rebels to overthrow President Idriss Deby's regime.The fighting forced thousands to flee the capital, most of them going to the Cameroonian city of Kousseri, just across the river from N'Djamena.
President Idiss Deby was in Dakar, Senegal, to sign a peace treaty with his Sudanese counterpart Omar Hassan al-Bashir. But al-Bashir failed to attend their meeting on Wednesday because he reportedly had a headache, news media reported.
The recent tensions between Chad's government and rebels is seen as a proxy war over Darfur.
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