KHARTOUM, Sudan
Security authorities in N’Djamena, on Sunday, arrested an opposition member who voiced support for Chadian Arab tribesmen fighting alongside the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan.
The arrest followed a video
posted on June 7 by Hissein Alamine Tchaw-tchaw, a Chadian dissident and leader
of the rebel Movement for the Fight of the Oppressed in Chad (MFOC), showing
his participation in the attack on the Yarmouk munitions factory in Khartoum.
The video generated
controversy in both Sudan and Chad, as the MFOC is an armed group aiming to
overthrow the government of President Mohamed Idriss Deby.
Commenting on the controversy,
Chad’s former ambassador to Egypt, Allamine Adoudou, a declared government
opponent, stated that Tchaw-tchaw’s participation was expected and influenced
by his blood ties with RSF commanders.
He further emphasized that the
current political border between the two countries is artificial, imposed by
colonizers, and fails to consider the significant ethnic and tribal overlap.
“There is a large number of
Sudanese known as ToraBora, estimated at 15,000, who are now part of the
Chadian army; they know, and we know they are of Sudanese origin,” Adoudou
added in an audio recording obtained by Sudan Tribune, referring to the Zaghawa
ethic of President Deby.
Several news sites in Chad,
including Alwihdainfo and Lendjampost, reported that the Internal Security
Service arrested Adoudou at about 05.00 pm local time after releasing an audio
recording in WhatsApp groups defending taking side with Tchaw-tchaw.
The former ambassador, a
professor at the University of N’Djamena, was arrested several times, most
recently after participating in demonstrations denouncing the French presence
in Chad.
Sudanese army commanders
accused the RSF of recruiting mercenaries from Chad, Mali and Niger Arab
tribes. On June 9, Lt Gen Shams al-Din Kabbashi, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of
the Armed Forces, said that the Sudanese army is fighting foreign mercenaries.
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