{"id":21743,"date":"2025-12-28T11:13:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T09:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/chad-condemns-rsf-drone-strike-that-killed-two-soldiers-near-sudan-border\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:32:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:32:43","slug":"chad-condemns-rsf-drone-strike-that-killed-two-soldiers-near-sudan-border","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/chad-condemns-rsf-drone-strike-that-killed-two-soldiers-near-sudan-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Chad condemns RSF drone strike that killed two soldiers near Sudan border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chad\u2019s military has condemned a drone attack it says was carried out by Sudan\u2019s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), resulting in the deaths of two Chadian soldiers near the Sudanese border.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The strike took place in the town of Tine, according to Chad\u2019s Armed Forces Chief, General Abakar Abdelkerim Daoud. He described the attack as a deliberate violation of international law and a serious breach of Chad\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Military officials said the soldiers were targeted while carrying out their duties in the border area. The incident has heightened tensions between Chad and the Sudanese paramilitary group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The RSF has been engaged in a protracted and violent conflict with Sudan\u2019s national army since April 2023, a war that has caused widespread destruction and humanitarian suffering inside Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chadian authorities said they are assessing the situation and have reiterated calls for respect for international law and territorial boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21744,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-21743","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Chad\u2019s military has condemned a drone attack","published_date":"2025-12-28 13:07:31","news_description":"Chad\u2019s military has condemned a drone attack","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25297,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21743\/revisions\/25297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=21743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}