New York  - The UN Security Council on Wednesday renewed the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in Chad, which has been monitoring that country's border with the Central African Republic.

The council adopted a resolution extending the mandate while it considers forming a new peacekeeping operation to replace military forces from the European Union, which was dispatched to the region to help refugees and maintain security.

Chad has clashed militarily and politically with Sudan and the Central African Republic. Tens of thousands of people from Sudan's war-torn Darfur region have taken refuge in Chad. (dpa)