Chad and Qatar in tit-for-tat diplomatic row [The Morning Call]

<p>Qatar has ordered the closure of the embassy of Chad, and gave its diplomats 72 hours to leave. </p> <p>The Qatari foreign ministry on Thursday, accused the African country of joining a “campaign of blackmail” with its decision to shutter the Qatari embassy. </p> <p>Chad had earlier ordered the Qatari embassy in N’Djamena to close, accusing Qatar of trying to destabilise the country via Libya. It gave Qatari diplomats ten days to leave. </p> <p>Chad’s action follows an attack over the weekend on its army patrol on the Libyan border by a heavily armed militia that is believed to have been operating on the Libya side of the frontier. Several soldiers were reported killed.</p>