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 N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - Turbaned troops patrolled the streets of Chad's capital in pickup trucks Friday while residents took stock of the damage from days of fierce fighting that brought rebels to the doorstep of the presidential palace.
Hundreds of civilians were killed and about 1,000 were wounded in the weekend violence in the oil-rich Central African nation, Chad Red Cross officials said. Thousands fled into neighboring Cameroon, though many were headed back Friday.
The United Nations peacekeeping chief warned the rivalry between Chad and Sudan — which accuse each other of backing the others' rebellions — could explode into an international conflict. Their shared border is along Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region. Chad hosts almost a half-million Darfur refugees and Chadians displaced by the spillover from the violence.
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