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A proxy war is shaping up in eastern Chad and western Sudan as the two neighbors battle for control of the region. A deployment of EU peacekeepers is caught in the middle. (With Stratfor map)
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The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), based in Sudan’s Darfur region, threatened May 12 to carry out more attacks on the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim made the threat two days after JEM forces attacked Khartoum and were quickly beaten back by Sudanese armed forces. The Sudanese government cut off diplomatic relations with Chad on May 11 after blaming the Chadian government for supporting the JEM — which indeed it has since 2003.

The JEM assault on Khartoum comes three months after Chadian rebel group the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) — which itself is supported by the Sudanese government — launched its own cross-country assault aiming to overthrow the government of Chadian President Idriss Deby based in N’djamena.


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