Stop Genocide Now
July 31, 2008 – 8:26am It will take us 1:10 minutes to fly from Abeche to Bahai. I’ve done this route a few times before, and I never get bored. The Chadian desert, although harsh and challenging, is beautiful. It is the first time that I’m here right in the middle of rainy season. The […]
The rebels have left Goz Beida and UNHCR has resumed flights to the area. All 230 international and national staff members of NGOs stationed in Goz Beida spent last night safely at the EUFOR compound. These same troops, mostly Irish and Danish, are also responsible for protecting the almost 16,000 Darfur refugees who fled their […]
We had cell phone service early in the morning but the signal went dead well before noon. Our friend and translator, Bouba, has been in Goz Beida since Friday, going up with our car, supplies, and extra luggage, to supposedly meet us there when we flew in. Of course, we have not been able to […]
It looks like this morning that rebels passed Goz Beida, and are on their way to N’Djamena, its even confirmed on the French-speaking African news station – the one we also watched during the coup attempt in February. There are no convoys leaving Abeche anytime soon, MINURCAT and EUFOR have suspended all transports to the […]
An alliance of Chadian rebel groups has launched a fresh offensive to overthrow the government of Chadian president Idriss Deby. The rebels requested mediation by France and the EU as a precursor to avert war, but their request was not accepted. Beginning from positions in Eastern Chad near the border with Sudan, they have advanced […]
The bright morning sun pours through our windows, today we make it to Goz Beida, I thought to myself. The car arrived on time, unusual for Chad, but to great relief since we still needed that one last stamp to board the plane and be cleared to enter refugee camps in Goz Beida and KoKo. […]
“It’s just a hiccup,” Suzanne says to us. We are sitting in a small room with three mattresses off to the side of UNHCR’s fitness center, our home for the evening. I truly believe her. All is quiet here in Abeche and it will remain as such. If anything, the rebels will continue on past […]
Gabriel, KTJ, Colin et Scott ont terminé leurs préparatifs en vue du voyage vers l’est et ont été heureux d’apprendre qu’ils pourront partir demain. Munis de toutes les autorisations nécessaires, ils partiront pour la plaque tournante orientale – Abeche, avant de descendre vers la ville de Goz Beida qui est tout près des deux gros […]
Envoyé par Joshua Tree le 26 janvier 2008-01-27 Hier, nous sommes allés à l’annexe du HCR des Nations-Unies de Goz Beida qui chapeaute les camps de Djabal et Goz Amer. • Djabal héberge environ 15.500 réfugiés • Goz Amer héberge environ 20.000 réfugiés Et il y a en plus environ 120.000 IDP (personnes déplacées à […]
Day 8 From the sky above, I can barely see the dried up wadi, instead I follow the trees and green shrubs of its watershed and tributaries as we leave Goz Beida heading to Abeche, then off to Gaga and Farchana. We pass a massive flood plain with splinter-like rows of green extending across the […]