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{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict=Raid on Borota
|partof=the prelongue of the [[Chad-Sudan conflict|Chad-Sudan War]]
|image=Chad-Ouaddai.PNG
|caption=Chad-[[Ouaddaï Region|Ouaddai]]
|date=January 6, 2006
|place=[[Borota, Chad]]
|result=[[Janjaweed]] victory
|combatant1=[[Image:Flag of Sudan.svg|20px]]  [[Janjaweed]]
|combatant2= [[Image:Flag of Chad.svg|20px]] [[Chad]] loyalists
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
|casualties3=9 civilians killed (Chadian claim)
}}
{{Campaignbox Chad-Sudan}}
The '''raid on Borota''' took place in [[Borota, Chad]], near the eastern city of [[Adre, Chad|Adre]], on January 6, 2006. According to Chadian sources, the attack began when [[Janjaweed]], [[Sudan]]ese [[militia]]men, crossed the [[Chad–Sudan border|border]] from Sudan into Chad and attacked the cities of Borota, [[Ade, Chad|Ade]], and Moudaina. Nine civilians were killed and three were seriously injured, according to the report.<ref name="Borota">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060128060250/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L0644250.htm "Chad warns Sudan after cross-border raid kills 9"], [[Reuters]] (Alertnet.org), January 6, 2006.</ref>

The Chadian government stated, "The Sudanese militias attacked the settlements of Borota, Ade, [[Moudaina]]... yesterday killing nine and injuring three among the civilian population... The Chadian government once again warns the Sudanese government against any hasty action because aggression by Sudanese militias will not go unpunished for much longer."<ref name="Borota"/>

The attack has been confirmed by [[Human Rights Watch]] researchers present in the area of Borota, who have documented several attacks by Janjaweed militants since mid-December. Forty villages in the Borota area have been attacked and abandoned by civilians. In several attacks between December 16 and January 20, sixteen villagers were killed and six were wounded, with the last attack being directly witnessed by the Human Rights Watch researchers in the village.<ref>[http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/02/03/chad12601.htm HRW]</ref><ref>[https://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/africa/chad0206/3.htm Cross-border Attacks on Civilians in Chad], HRW</ref>

==See also==
*[[Chad-Sudan conflict]]
*[[Battle of Adre]]
*[[United Front for Democratic Change]]
*[[Mohammed Nour Abdelkerim]]

==References==
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{{Chadian-Sudanese conflict}}

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[[Category:2006 in Chad]]
[[Category:Battles of the Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)|Borota]]
[[Category:Ouaddaï Region|Borota]]
[[Category:Military raids]]
[[Category:January 2006 in Africa]]
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