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Rebels seeking to oust Chad's president have been battling government forces in the Sahara Desert nation. Amid the fierce fighting, the impoverished country also faces a growing humanitarian crisis: it hosts more than 200,000 Darfur refugees from neighboring Sudan.

The conflict in Darfur has spilled over into the neighboring nation of Chad. Chad's government is also battling insurgents seeking to overthrow President Idriss Deby. The president on Thursday said he would accept international peacekeeping troops in the nation's east to help protect Sudanese refugees as well as Chadian civilians under attack by janjaweed militia. Ofeibea Quist-Arcton talks with Andrea Seabrook about the situation in Chad.