Africa: Chad

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 government

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 ...

Chad's President Idriss Deby said the violence broke out in the eastern province of Ouaddie. By Ludovic MARIN (AFP/File)

Dozens dead in fresh Chad ethnic fighting

Aug 9, 2019

At least 37 people have been killed in fresh fighting this week between farmers and herders from rival ethnic groups in ...

On independence day, Chad’s President Deby speaks ...

Aug 9, 2019

Chadian President Idriss Deby said on Friday that inter-ethnic fighting in eastern Chad has killed at least 37 people th ...

Dozens dead in new bout of intercommunal fighting ...

Aug 9, 2019

At least 37 people have been killed in fresh fighting this week between rival ethnic groups in Chad, President Idriss De ...

Lake Chad has been hit by climate change and poor water management. By SIA KAMBOU (AFP)

Lake Chad group launches $100 mn fund against jiha...

Jul 19, 2019

The four countries bordering Lake Chad on Friday launched a fund aimed at collecting $100 million to help counter climat ...

Chad's President Idriss Deby, pictured (R) July 7, 2019, has said he was lifting social media restrictions imposed more than a year ago for

Deby lifts Chad social media restrictions

Jul 13, 2019

Chad President Idriss Deby said Saturday he was lifting social media restrictions which were imposed more than a year ag ...

Since 2015, troops from Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria have been grouped into a mixed, multi-national force in a bid to help fight Islamist militants. By ISSOUF SANOGO (AFP)

Boko Haram jihadist attack kills 8 in Chad: source...

Jun 23, 2019

Seven Chadian soldiers and a local guard were killed in a Boko Haram jihadist ambush in Lake Chad, the latest in a surge ...

Chad rebel leader faces charges of crimes against ...

Jun 22, 2019

Two opponents of Chadian President Idriss Deby have gone before the Paris public prosecutor, four days after they were a ...

Chad rebel leader arrested in Paris

Jun 17, 2019

A Chadian rebel leader was arrested at his French home on Monday in connection with alleged crimes against humanity comm ...