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Chad Closes Border With Libya on Security Concerns
Chad Closes Border With Libya on Security Concerns
08 Jan 2017, 03:47 PM IST
(Bloomberg) -- Chad closed its border with Libya and declared the area a military zone because militants are threatening to cross into its territory, according to the government.
(Bloomberg) -- Chad closed its border with Libya and declared the area a military zone because militants are threatening to cross into its territory, according to the government.
Groups of militants are converging in Libya’s south and the security situation has become so bad that “there’s a serious risk of spillover into Chadian territory,” Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacke said on state TV late Thursday. The closure took effect immediately, he said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Daniel N'doh Nadjitan in N'Djamena at nnadjitan@bloomberg.net. To contact the editors responsible for this story: Karl Maier at kmaier2@bloomberg.net, Pauline Bax
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