The ongoing conflict in Darfur has displaced more than 2 million Sudanese and led large numbers
to flee into Chad, generating a humanitarian crisis in the east. Refugee inflows from Darfur and
the CAR have also increased social tensions linked to increasing demand on local resources,
despite the provision of aid to the refugees by international aid groups. The Darfur conflict has
also heightened political instability in Chad. Chad and Sudan have periodically accused one
another of sponsoring rebellions against their respective governments, despite a May 2007 peace
agreement signed by the two countries in Saudi Arabia and another agreement signed in Dakar,
Senegal, in March 2008. A 2009 report by a U.N. panel of experts supported such allegations.