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 UMM SHALAYA, Sudan (AP) - The U.N. refugee chief on Wednesday inspected a camp housing Chadians who fled into Darfur to escape the spillover of the region's violence into their homeland.
Rebels have been battling the Sudanese army and the pro-government janjaweed militiamen in Darfur for the past four years, killing some 200,000 people and turning this region of western Sudan into the world's largest humanitarian disaster.
The bloodshed is now fueling increasing violence along the border with Chad involving a complex mix of armed groups who have driven refugees in both directions. Janjaweed militiamen regularly raid neighboring Chad to attack civilians, while Chadian soldiers launch assaults into Darfur to attack Sudanese-backed Chadian rebels.
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