Chad claims rebel infiltration from Sudan

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NDJAMENA (AFP) — Heavily armed rebels have crossed into eastern Chad from Sudan in the last 24 hours, the government said Thursday, a month after a failed rebel attempt to overthrow President Idriss Deby Itno's regime.

"Sudan on Wednesday launched several heavily armed (rebel) columns against Chad. These mercenaries crossed the border in the area of Moudeina," north of the border town of Ade, it said on national radio.

Deby, whose regime accuses Khartoum of supporting Chadian rebels, was in Senegal's capital Dakar on Thursday where he was to sign a peace accord later in the day with Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir.

The two leaders are in Dakar this week for a summit of Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC).

The infiltration would be repeat...