Chad launches air raid on Sudan

Chadian aircraft launched an air raid inside Sudanese territory on Thursday, days after reports the countries were planning reconciliation talks, Sudanese state media reported.

The Sudanese Media Center quoted a senior army officer saying two aircraft attacked land in the Sudanese state of West Darfur on Thursday morning -- the fourth reported Chadian raid on Sudan in two months.

"The army is ready and just waiting for instructions to retaliate," army chief of staff Lieutenant-General Muhammad Nasr al-Din was quoted as saying, adding that there were no casualties.

No one was immediately available from Sudan's armed forces, or from Chad's government, to confirm the report. More