Chad, Sudan Agree to Joint Border Force-Chad Radio

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The presidents of Sudan and Chad agreed on Saturday to set up joint border patrols following complaints from Chad that violence in Sudan's Darfur region has spilled over onto its territory, Chadian state radio reported.

The two leaders met in the town of Geneina in Darfur, the area of western Sudan where fighting has forced more than a million people from their homes and created what the United Nations says is currently the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and his Chadian counterpart, Idriss Deby, also agreed to create a joint security commission and another group to assess damage caused by cross-border raids, the state broadcaster said.

"It was important for us to put in place a security structure which is going to play a role at the border so we can stop these incursions from one side or the other by people conducting raids," Deby said.


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