Refugees threaten new exodus to Chad

AROUND 30,000 Sudanese victims of fresh attacks by Arab militia inside Darfur are threatening to cross into Chad unless the international community acts to protect them.

This week, 30,000 Sudanese met Jean-Marie Fakhouri, the head of UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) operations for Sudan at Masteri in western Darfur. They reported a spate of recent rapes, killings and attacks by militiamen.

The refugees demanded UN peacekeepers or other credible measures to make them feel secure in Sudan.