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Sudan cuts Chad ties over attack Sudan cuts Chad ties over attack
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Sudan says it has cut off diplomatic relations with Chad, blaming it for helping rebels from Darfur to launch an attack on Sudan's capital, Khartoum.Sudan says it has cut off diplomatic relations with Chad, blaming it for helping rebels from Darfur to launch an attack on Sudan's capital, Khartoum.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir made the announcement on state television. Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir made the announcement on state television.
Sudan has accused Chad of helping the JEM rebels to attack the Khartoum suburb of Omdurman, which the rebels said they had taken control of. Sudan has accused Chad of helping the Jem rebels to attack the Khartoum suburb of Omdurman, which the rebels said they had taken control of.
Although the government says the rebels have been defeated, this is the closest they have come to Khartoum.Although the government says the rebels have been defeated, this is the closest they have come to Khartoum.
There are reports that fighting is continuing in the west of the city, says the BBC's Amber Henshaw in Khartoum. There is an uneasy calm in Khartoum after Saturday's violent clashes between government forces and rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) in Omdurman across the River Nile from Khartoum, says the BBC's Amber Henshaw in Khartoum.
But there are reports that fighting is continuing in the west of the city, our correspondent adds.
The overnight curfew in Khartoum has been extended indefinitely - at least for the rest of the day, a presidential adviser told the BBC.
Schools in the capital are closed and residents are being warned not to leave their homes until they hear it is safe to do so.
"These forces [behind the Omdurman attack] are all basically Chadian forces supported and prepared by Chad and they moved from Chad under the leadership of [rebel chief] Khalil Ibrahim," President Bashir said in his televised statement.
A rebel commander, Sulieman Sandal, told the BBC that the attack sent out a clear message that while there was no security in Darfur, there was none in Khartoum either.A rebel commander, Sulieman Sandal, told the BBC that the attack sent out a clear message that while there was no security in Darfur, there was none in Khartoum either.
There is an uneasy calm in Khartoum after Saturday's violent clashes between government forces and rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in Omdurman across the River Nile from Khartoum, our correspondent adds.
Experts say Chad and Sudan are fighting a proxy war using each other's rebels to achieve their military objectives.Experts say Chad and Sudan are fighting a proxy war using each other's rebels to achieve their military objectives.
The Jem is one of several rebel groups fighting the government and pro-government Janjaweed militia in the western Darfur region since 2003 over alleged discrimination by the authorities in favour of Arabs.
The rebels have been involved in raids on government forces in the area before.