Refugees fleeing the conflict in Sudan continue to flow into Chad as fighting continues. Among those who want to cross to the Chadian side, civilians are not the only ones: soldiers of the regular army also defect.
Trucks carrying aid from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) from the capital N'Djamena could arrive in the area later in the day. The NGO Première Urgence has deployed a mobile clinic in the border village of Koufroun for ten days.