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Government denies losing Bardai

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    The Chadian government on Tuesday denied a claim by the rebel Mouvement pour la democratie et la justice au Tchad (MDJT) that it had captured the northern garrison town of Bardai.

    The Communications Ministry said that government forces “control Bardai garrison and fighting is continuing around it” and that the rebels were on the retreat.

    A ministry official told IRIN it was not possible to give details of any casualties from such a remote area. Bardai is in the extreme northwest of the country, hundreds of kilometres from Ndjamena in the southwest.

    AFP had reported the MJDT as saying it had killed more than 240 government troops in the battle for Bardai on Monday.

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