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Chad has described as groundless, reports of military tension in the south of the country which is the site of an oil pipeline project that is seeking World Bank loans, state owned radio reported.
In a communiqué broadcast on Friday, the government said peace had returned to the south since former rebel leaders there abandoned their military campaign against the government of President Idriss Deby. The government also denied reports of rebel gains in the northern Tibesti part of the country where the Mouvement pour la Justice et la Democratie au Tchad (MJDT), led by former defence minister Youssouf Togoimi, has been
active since September 1998 in trying to unseat Deby's government.
In December 1999, 13 armed political movements formed a new alliance, called the Coordination des Mouvements Armes et Politiques de l'Opposition (CMAP), against President Idriss Deby. The group is led by former foreign minister Antoine Bangui, who is also leader of the Mouvement pour la
reconstruction nationale de Tchad (MORENAT)
Bangui recently called for all the opposition groups to meet outside Chad, map out the political downfall of Derby's government and replace it with a transitional authority, Radio France Internationale reported on 30 May.
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