How is the war in Sudan affecting neighbouring Chad?

Published: Oct. 4, 2023, 1:31 a.m.

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\\u201cThe hardest thing is not being able to help someone beyond what you are able to do with the little medication you have. You examine your patients but don\\u2019t have what you need to solve their medical needs. And that has a psychological effect on me\\u201d\\n \\nIn today\\u2019s podcast, Africa Daily\\u2019s Mpho Lakaje hears from healthcare workers trying to assist Sudanese refugees at camps in Chad.\\n \\nThere are more than 20 such shelters in eastern Chad, housing at least 400, 000 people.\\n \\nThis humanitarian crisis has been triggered by a conflict led by Sudanese army head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Rapid Support Forces leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, otherwise known as Hemedti.\\n \\nIn 2021, the two generals staged a coup, but in recent months they have taken up arms against each other in a power struggle.\\n \\nThe civil war has claimed thousands of lives.\\n \\nWith the number of Sudanese refugees crossing into Chad expected to reach 600, 000 by the end of 2023, how will the country deal with the influx?

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