Africa: Chad

Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre (C, pictured being escorted to court in 2015) has been granted two months' leave from prison as his jail is being used for new detainees in coronavirus quarantine. By SEYLLOU (AFP/File)

Ex-Chad dictator temporarily released from jail due to virus

8 hours ago

A Senegal judge has granted Chad's former dictator Hissene Habre two months' leave from prison, where he is serving life ...

The Lake Chad are with its marshes and islands has proven a perfect base for militants to launch attacks. By SIA KAMBOU (AFP)

Chad declares Lake areas 'war zone' after deadly B...

Mar 27, 2020

Chad has declared two departments near Lake Chad a war zone , giving local authorities more powers as they respond to a ...

Under pressure: Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno. By MICHAEL TEWELDE (AFP)

Chad's 'invincible' army reels from jihadist blow

Mar 26, 2020

The jihadist group Boko Haram this week killed almost 100 soldiers in Chad, badly denting the reputation of an army that ...

Chadian soldiers have been part of a regional force fighting against Boko Haram. By BRHAIM ADJI (AFP)

Boko Haram attack kills nearly 100 Chadian troops

Mar 25, 2020

Boko Haram jihadists have killed nearly 100 Chadian soldiers in a seven-hour attack on an island army base, in their dea ...

Address Development Issues In The Lake Chad Basin:...

Jan 29, 2020

Ambassador Mamman Nuhu is the Executive Secretary of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, which oversees natural resource ...

Chadian soldiers who had been in Nigeria this month returned to Chad to patrol the Lake Chad area. By AUDU MARTE (AFP)

Suicide bomber kills nine civilians in western Cha...

Jan 20, 2020

Nine civilians died in western Chad after a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives in an area targeted in the pa ...

Chadian Journalist Detained Since December 26 Over...

Jan 8, 2020

Vancouver, Canada, January 6, 2020 -- Authorities in Chad should release journalist Ali Hamata Ach egrave;ne, and sto ...

Map locating Kaiga in Chad where Boko Haram jihadists killed several people on Tuesday.. By (AFP)

Boko Haram jihadists kill 14 in attack on western ...

Dec 18, 2019

Fourteen people were killed and 13 were missing after Boko Haram jihadists attacked a fishing village in western Chad on ...

File picture of Abdoulaye Miskine with members of his armed group. The photo, which is undated, was published in April 2013. By - (FDPC/AFP/File)

C.African rebel chief held in Chad, says governmen...

Nov 20, 2019

A veteran leader of one of the militias that control most of the Central Africa Republic (CAR) has been arrested in neig ...

New Project Launched To Help Chadian Farmers Adapt...

Oct 21, 2019

A new euro;81.9 million project will help more than 1 million vulnerable small-scale farmers in Chad improve their i ...

A police officer is seen in N'Djamena, Chad, on July 11, 2015. A N'Djamena court recently charged two Chadian journalists with criminal defamation and sentenced one to jail. (Reuters/Moumine Ngarmbassa)

Journalists fined, one jailed over criminal defama...

Sep 26, 2019

Dakar, September 25, 2019 -- Authorities in Chad should not challenge the appeals of journalists Martin Inoua Doulguet a ...

Chad president Idriss Deby has ruled the country for almost three decades. By BRAHIM ADJI (AFP/File)

Parliamentary vote for Chad still murky as deadlin...

Sep 24, 2019

As ruler of Chad for almost three decades after a 1990 coup followed by a series of presidential elections, Idriss Deby ...

Farmers shelter under a mango tree to avoid the heat and sun on the road between Adre and Farchana, in eastern Chad in March 2019. By Amaury HAUCHARD (AFP/File)

Clashes between herders, farmers kill 11 in south ...

Aug 29, 2019

Eleven people were killed in fighting between nomadic herders and sedentary farmers in a dispute over trampled crops in ...

Tensions between indigenous settled farmers and nomadic Arab herders have run high for years. By Amaury HAUCHARD (AFP/File)

Chad crackdown risks worsening tensions after ethn...

Aug 23, 2019

By deploying troops and sealing borders to try to quell ethnic clashes in eastern Chad, President Idriss Deby risks wors ...

Chad state of emergency over ethnic violence comes...

Aug 20, 2019

The Chadian government has imposed a 21-day state of emergency in three regions of the country after deadly clashes betw ...

Eastern Chad is in the grip of a cycle of violence between nomadic camel herders -- many from the Zaghawa ethnic group from which President Deby hails -- and sedentary farmers from the Ouaddian community. By Amaury HAUCHARD (AFP/File)

Chad declares emergency in east after dozens die i...

Aug 18, 2019

Chad President Idriss Deby declared a state of emergency in two eastern provinces on Sunday after violent intercommunal ...

6 people killed by female suicide bomber in Lake C...

Aug 14, 2019

A suspected Boko Haram female suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest in the early hours of Wednesday, killing at lea ...