France, Nov. 14 -- Two and a half years into the war in Sudan, the United Nations and aid organisations areexpecting a wave of new arrivals across the border. El Fasher, the city in North Darfur where reports suggest paramilitary forces have committed mass killings and other atrocities, liessome 300 km from eastern Chad.

But Chad's humanitarian response remains shockingly underfunded, raising profound questions about how the country will cope.

Slente, theDanish Refugee Council's secretary-general, this week visited transit camps in Adre andAboutengue, where she told RFI she saw signs of "one of the most complex humanitarian crises one can imagine".

RFI: What did you see on the ground?

Charlotte Slente:The situation in Sudan is that in...