Most ‘orphans’ taken in Chad by charity have parents

MOST of the 103 African “orphans” a French charity tried to fly to Europe from Chad appear to have at least one living parent, it emerged yesterday.

The findings strengthen French government doubts over claims by the little- known Zoe’s Ark group that the children were being rescued from the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan.

Aid agency workers who interviewed the children said the majority came from villages in the Chad-Sudan border region.