"The situation in El Fasher is calm again. After the attacks of last January 26-27, there has not been any violence, but the situation remains tense", said Josephine Guerrero, spokesperson for the joint UN-AU mission in Darfur (Unamid), to MISNA, confirming that the the situation in El-Fasher capital of northern Darfur has stabilized after the recent Sudanese air force attacks around the city which, said a military spokesman, "had been threatened by an advance of JEM fighters. "There have not been any new clashes in past few days" said the spokeswoman from El Fasher. The recent and very heavy fighting come just days after the attacks in Muhajeriya in early January and which also saw participation of the SLM separatists led by Minni Minnawi. "We have evacuated our workers in Muhajeriya but the distribution of aid in the refugee camps continues thanks to local NGO's and authorities" said Guerrero, confirming that many families had recently arrived in he camps, feeling from the violence. Some 3000 people have arrived in the camps in Muhajeriya since January 15 to avoid the violence. "Making matters worse has been the fact that many are returning refugees, who have already been debilitated by extended presence in the camps and who are now forced to abandon their homes". The renewed tensions in Darfur have also re-ignited a latent crisis between Chad and Sudan, which, despite various attempts to mediate by the neighboring countries, have accused each other of backing rebel groups deployed along their respective borders. The Sudanese information minister, Kamal Obeid, has accused the government of Chad of having backed Jem's advance on Muhajeriya. For his part, Chadian president Idris Deby had accused Khartoum of supporting an alliance of armed factions intending to overthrow him. [AB]