Attackers ambush UNAMID convoy

The attackers ambushed the UNAMID convoy at Um Hakibah in North Darfur State, southwest of the peacekeeping mission's headquarters in El Fasher, said the UNAMID official speaking on condition of anonymity. "One is confirmed dead and six are missing. The location of the incident is Um Hakibah, 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Shangil Tobayi," the official said. here

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Within minutes, we heard explosions and heavy gunfire and black smoke rose above Goz Beida, a sandy town ringed by hills and camps housing tens of thousands of refugees.
In the morning, a kitchen worker was asked if the shooting had scared her. She just laughed.
“C’est la musique Chadienne” — It’s Chadian music, the local soundtrack by which people too often live their lives. here

The mobile rebel columns of armed pickups have raced through towns and struck at army posts in the eastern borderlands. But they have not attempted to repeat the headlong charge westwards to the capital N'Djamena that they made in February.
Former colonial ruler France, which in February clearly threw its political and military weight behind Deby when he resisted the rebel assault on N'Djamena, has taken a more ambiguous position towards the latest rebel moves. here