President Idriss Deby, on Sunday, declared a three-month state of emergency in two eastern provinces in Chad

The president’s action stems from the violent intercommunal clashes that left dozens dead earlier this month.

50 people have died since August 9 in Sila and Ouaddai from clash between cattle herders and settled farmers.

“From now, we will deploy military forces who are going to ensure the security of the population in the region,“ Deby said while on a trip to Sila.

“We must disarm all the civilians who have weapons in their hands,“ he said.

Eastern Chad is in the grip of a cycle of violence between nomadic camel herders — many from the Zaghawa ethnic group from which Deby hails — and sedentary farmers from the Ouaddian community.

Drought and population growth have aggravated the conflict.

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