Charred villages tell of east Chad ethnic bloodshed
Under the blazing desert sun, the charred remains of the village of Bandala in eastern Chad lie scattered. Once home to hundreds of people, Bandala is now nothing more than scorched earth and broken pots, littered unceremoniously across the sand. Occasionally there are signs of the life people once led here: an abandoned shoe; a blackened kettle; plastic biscuit wrappers flapping in the dusty breeze. But the devastation is clear. Almost every hut in this village has been razed to the ground, and the people have long since fled. Full Story