BEVERLY HILLS, January 05, (THEWILL) – Chad has announced the closure of its border with Libya due to the threat of a potential terrorist attack and to forestall terrorist infiltration into the country.
This was revealed by the Prime Minister, Albert Pahimi Padacket, in a message broadcast on radio and television.
“Faced with the perils that threaten all of the nation’s territory, the government decided for one thing to close our land border with Libya, and for another to declare the regions bordering Libya military operation zones,” he stated.
“The Tibesti desert border regions are sparsely populated but are used for dealing in contraband by those living on both sides of the border, mainly the ethnic Tubu people.
“Following their defeat, some isolated terrorist groups have gathered in the south of Libya, putting the northern frontier of our country potentially exposed to a serious threat of a terrorist infiltration.”
He did not however provide information on the identity of these “terrorist groups” or what“defeat” they suffered in Libya.
THEWILL recalls that Lybia had been engulfed in chaos since the downfall of Ghadaffi while Chad is seen as a key ally of the West in its fight against jihadists in Africa.
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