AKPABIO URGES SOUTH EAST TO SHUN ARMED STRUGGLE, EMBRACE PEACE FOR DEVELOPMENT. (PHOTO).

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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has appealed to the people of the South East to sustain peace and prevent their youth from engaging in armed struggle against the Federal Government. Akpabio made the plea on Saturday during the funeral of Sir Albert Ikechukwu Nnamani, former Administrative Secretary of the defunct Oil Mineral Producing Area Development Commission (OMPADEC), held in Ikem, Enugu State. In a statement made available to journalists in Abuja, Akpabio emphasised that development can only thrive in a peaceful atmosphere and urged Ndigbo to properly mentor the younger generation. “For Ndigbo, I want to plead with you to continue to maintain the peace and watch the youth of today. They don’t understand politics. They don’t understand development. You can only have development in an area of peace,” Akpabio said. He warned that any attempt to wrest power or assert independence through armed struggle would fail, stating that “State power will always overwhelm you.” The Senate Pre...

CHAD RELOCATES SUDAN REFUGEES AS ARMY DEPLOYS NEAR BORDER. (PHOTO).


 Chad relocates Sudan refugees as army deploys near border


Chad has begun the emergency relocation of refugees from its border with Sudan as the army prepares to ​deploy to the area in response to cross-border attacks, an ‌official from the country's refugee agency told Reuters on Monday.


President Mahamat Idriss Deby last week ordered the army to prepare to retaliate after a cross-border drone attack ​from Sudan killed 17 people in Chad including mourners attending ​a funeral service.


A separate government statement last week said Chad ⁠had strengthened its security presence at the border and could ​potentially carry out operations on Sudanese territory.


Initial refugee relocation operations will involve ​around 2,300 people, more than half of them women and children, said Saleh Tebir Souleymane, the representative in the border town of Tine for Chad's National Commission ​for the Reception and Reintegration of Refugees and Returnees.


They began moving ​people further into Chad, away from the frontier, on Saturday, in the province ‌of ⁠Ennedi Est, and were set to expand on Monday to all border towns that have been used as transit sites for refugees, Souleymane said.


"We have received instructions from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to act ​quickly because the ​border will be ⁠secured in the coming days by the army, which is already deploying there," Souleymane said.


Chad closed its ​eastern border with Sudan last month after clashes linked to ​the ⁠war killed five Chadian soldiers.


But refugees continue to arrive "due to the intense fighting on the Sudanese side", he said.


The conflict in Sudan between the ⁠Sudanese ​army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, ​which began in April 2023, has periodically spilled into Chadian territory, causing casualties and property ​damage.

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