Chad

In the capital Ndjamena, the billboards and posters promoting the candidacies of junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby and Prime Minister Succes Masra are already up despite the official start of campaigns for the presidential election still…

In a move to strengthen free movement and rejuvenate economic activities across the Lake Chad Basin region, the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has significantly stepped up its clearance operations within the Lake Chad basin. The…

Sudan has ordered three diplomats from Chad to leave the country within 72 hours, saying the individuals were "persona non grata", the Sudanese state news agency reported. The move by Sudan follows Chad declaring four Sudanese diplomats…

More than 300,000 refugees have fled Sudan's conflict seeking safety and refuge in Chad, joining the 580,000 already there. “Chad has been generously welcoming in Sudanese refugees, but Chad itself is a low-income, crisis-affected…

Niger's military-appointed prime minister made an unannounced visit to neighbouring Chad as West African states set talks for mulling possible military intervention to reverse his country's coup and the United States and Russia urged a…

Chad has nationalized all the assets and rights including hydrocarbon permits and exploration and production authorisations that belonged to a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), the Central African nation's energy and hydrocarbons ministry…

Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno opened his Majority-Muslim country's first embassy in Israel, four years after the countries renewed ties following a decades-long rupture, an Israeli statement said. Prime Minister Benjamin…

621 people, including 83 minors, have been arrested in Chad since the violently repressed opposition protests that left some 50 people dead on 20th October, the public prosecutor in N'Djamena announced Friday. "Out of the 628 people…

Eleven leaders from Central Africa gathered in DRC's capital, Kinshasa, to discuss the "process of political transition in Chad". A member of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Chad is being represented by Mahamat…

At least 30 people were killed when police clashed with demonstrators in the Chadian capital during a banned protest against the ruling military. Hundreds of demonstrators turned out to mark the date when the military had initially…