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  • July 3, 2008, Abeche, Chad..Two soldiers in the French contingent of EUFOR play the trumpet every morning to rise the troops. (Camp des Etoiles)..In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 2, 2008, Eastern Chad..EUFOR troops travel in convoy from the Iriba base close to the Sudanese border back to Abeche where the main Estern base is...In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 2, 2008, Eastern Chad..EUFOR troops travel in convoy from the Iriba base close to the Sudanese border back to Abeche where the main Estern base is...In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • June 28, 2008, Iriba, Chad..French EUFOR troops salute the Polish Minister of Defense on visit to Iriba's base where the Polish contingent is still setting up camp...In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 7, 2008, Abeche, Chad..A soldier in the French contingent of EUFOR stands guard during a convoy security drill in case of attack...In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 7, 2008, Abeche, Chad..A soldier in the French contingent of EUFOR examines a plant during a convoy security drill in case of attack...In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 9, 2008, Eastern Chad, near Biltine..A soldier in the French contingent of EUFOR examine an unexploded munition before cordonning the area off for later demining. The Chadian army engaged in heavy battles with the rebels throughout the month of June and many areas need to be demined...In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 9, 2008, Eastern Chad, near Biltine..Soldiers in the French contingent of EUFOR search the area for unexploded munitions before setting up camp. The Chadian army engaged in heavy battles with the rebels throughout the month of June and many areas need to be demined...In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 9, 2008, Eastern Chad, near Biltine..Soldiers in the French contingent of EUFOR examine an unexploded munitions and cordonne the area off for later demining. The Chadian army engaged in heavy battles with the rebels throughout the month of June and many areas need to be demined...In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 9, 2008, Eastern Chad, near Biltine..A soldier in the French contingent of EUFOR examine unexploded munitions before cordonning the area off for later demining...In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 7, 2008, Abeche, Chad..A soldier in the French contingent of EUFOR stands guard during a convoy security drill in case of attack...In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 2, 2008, Eastern Chad..EUFOR troops journeying from Iriba to Abeche pass a convoy of five unidentified armed vehicles . ..In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 2, 2008, Eastern Chad..EUFOR troops journeying from Iriba to Abeche pass a convoy of five unidentified armed vehicles . ..In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 1, 2008, Eastern Chad, near Iriba..Sudanese rebels, the Toro Boro, tear through the Darfuri refugee camp Am Nabak. ..The Toro Boro are a Sudanese rebel group, said to be backed by N'djamena, whose purpose is topple the government in Khartoum. In exchange for arms, they also provide a contingent to Chad to fight it's own rebels who are said to be back by Khartoum. Sudan and Chad have been fight a proxy war for years. In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. It remains to be seen how effective they will be, however, and the gendarmes at Am Nabak are still waiting for the Polish contingent in Iriba to start patrolling. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 1, 2008, Eastern Chad, near Iriba..Sudanese rebels, the Toro Boro, tear through the Darfuri refugee camp Am Nabak. ..The Toro Boro are a Sudanese rebel group, said to be backed by N'djamena, whose purpose is topple the government in Khartoum. In exchange for arms, they also provide a contingent to Chad to fight it's own rebels who are said to be back by Khartoum. Sudan and Chad have been fight a proxy war for years. In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. It remains to be seen how effective they will be, however, and the gendarmes at Am Nabak are still waiting for the Polish contingent in Iriba to start patrolling. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 1, 2008, Eastern Chad, near Iriba..The CNAR (Commission Nationale d'Acceuil de Réfugiés), leads a convoy of NGO vehicles back from the refugee camps to the hub town of Iriba...There is 1 gendarme for every 1,000 Darfuri refugees. In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. It remains to be seen how effective they will be, however, and the gendarmes at Am Nabak are still waiting for the Polish contingent in Iriba to start patrolling. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 1, 2008, Eastern Chad, near Iriba..Daniel Ngassala Dowrandi, Adjudant Chef of the CNAR (Commission Nationale d'Acceuil de Réfugiés) Gendarmes for camp Am Nabak, indicates the security plan the Polish contingent of EUFOR has promised for his camp, as two Sudanese vigilante watchdogs look on. ..There is 1 gendarme for every 1,000 Darfuri refugees. In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. It remains to be seen how effective they will be, however, and the gendarmes at Am Nabak are still waiting for the Polish contingent in Iriba to start patrolling. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • July 1, 2008, Eastern Chad, near Iriba..A young gendarme for the CNAR (Commission Nationale d'Acceuil de Réfugiés) poses for a picture as behind, Daniel Ngassala Dowrandi, (L) Adjudant Chef of the Gendarmes for camp Am Nabak, chats with two Sudanese vigilante watchdogs, (L to R) Issaka Djouma and Moussa Yarma Satir about an armed vehicle which just entered the camp...There is 1 gendarme for every 1,000 Darfuri refugees. In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. It remains to be seen how effective they will be, however, and the gendarmes at Am Nabak are still waiting for the Polish contingent in Iriba to start patrolling. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • June 28, 2008, Iriba, Eastern Chad..As the long awaited rainy season approaches, storms blow in violent winds that kick up the desert sands..Each year the rainy season seems to be shorter and shorter. Heavy winds carry the desert's sand far away during sand storms, depositing arable soil elsewhere and leaving the ladn barren. As the desert continues to advance, human-induced desertification of the sahel region poses grave environmental hazards to a population that depends on subsistance farming. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • June 29, 2008, Iriba, Chad..Irish troops during a sandstorm at North Star Camp...In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • June 29, 2008, Iriba, Chad..Irish troops protect North Star Camp where Polish and French contingents have set up base...In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • June 27, 2008, Iriba, Chad..French and Polish EUFOR troops come revery second day.to pump water from a well built for the refugees and locals by German ngo HELP. ..In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. It remains to be seen how effective they will be and many question the validity of their presence as they pump resources in an area where they are terribly scarce. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • June 29, 2008, Iriba, Chad..Corporal Chef M. Bouland and Corporal Chef Adam Tlumacz of the (2eme Regiment du Genie), French contingent of EUFOR notify security of their departure on a land reconaissance mission...In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • June 29, 2008, Iriba, Chad..Corporal Chief Jerome Teymour (GLCAT) of the french contingent of EUFOR talks with his colleague about how to navigate the land during a rainstorm...In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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  • June 29, 2008, Iriba, Chad..Corporal Chef M. Bouland and Corporal Chef Adam Tlumacz of the (2eme Regiment du Genie) of the French contingent of EUFOR look at a local map of the wadi system, dry riverbeds where flash floods suddenly take over during the rainy season...In February 2008, a UN-backed European peacekeeping force (EUFOR) was sent to eastern Chad to discourage banditry and rebel activities in order to help facilitate a more peaceful environment for aid workers to tend to the needs of some 250,000 Darfuri refugees in camps all along the border with Sudan. By photographer Anne Holmes
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