Sudan, Chad: A Proxy War Escalates

Sudanese rebel group Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), which is supported by the government of neighboring Chad, threatened May 12 to launch more attacks on Khartoum. More likely, however, is an intensification of conflict in Sudan's western Darfur region and in eastern Chad — where Khartoum supports its own rebel group, the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD). EU peacekeepers in Chad are likely to become targets for UFDD rebels fighting to break through and end Chad's support of the JEM.