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Libya: Gaddafi and his Mali-Chad Tuareg mercenaries

Libya: Gaddafi and his Mali-Chad Tuareg mercenaries

As an international intervention to stop Colonel Muammar Gaddafi from committing further atrocities against Libyans continue, the north African country's leader remains impassive and...
North Africa: Child soldier recruitment still rampant

North Africa: Child soldier recruitment still rampant

The recruitment of children into militia groups is still a concern in northern Africa as recruiters use child soldiers already in their ranks to...
Untangling Central Africa for business

Untangling Central Africa for business

As the proper role of government continue to debated in much of the free world, Africans, and in particular Central Africans can only...
Omar el-Bashir, a source of African-European conflict?

Omar el-Bashir, a source of African-European conflict?

Sudanese President al-Bashir is still in Chad where he is attending a summit of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD). The European Union (EU)...
Mugabe, Zenawi, Bashir, Afwerki, Mubarak, Biya… World’s worst despots list

Mugabe, Zenawi, Bashir, Afwerki, Mubarak, Biya… World’s worst despots list

A United States based think tank, Foreign Policy/Fund for Peace has ranked President Mugabe as the second worse despots in the world after...
Chad President drives UN mission out despite insecurities

Chad President drives UN mission out despite insecurities

Displaced Chadians and refugees from the Sudanese province of Darfur will sort out their own security as the 4,375-strong United Nations forces prepare to...
Terrorism in Africa: Best way forward is economic development

Terrorism in Africa: Best way forward is economic development

Representatives from seven African countries met, Tuesday, March 16, in Algiers to assess the security situation in the Sahel-Saharan region. Participants at the conference...
Chad brokers peace with Sudan over Darfur in Qatar

Chad brokers peace with Sudan over Darfur in Qatar

The government of Chad has succeeded in brokering a peace treaty between Darfur's main rebel groups, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), and the...
Chad and Sudan seek better ties in a surprise move

Chad and Sudan seek better ties in a surprise move

Chad and Sudan have moved to mend broken diplomatic ties in a bid to bolster security in both countries. President of Chad, Mr. Idriss...
France to answer for arms sale to an African country?

France to answer for arms sale to an African country?

Last year, Paris supplied Chad with weapons worth about 13 million euros. Several NGOs have accused France of not honouring its commitment not to...
Chad imprisons Child Soldiers: UN demand their release

Chad imprisons Child Soldiers: UN demand their release

Unicef and the International Committee of the Red Cross have demanded the release of over 80 child soldiers imprisoned by the government of Chad....
Chad: Uncle-Nephew and Bashir row threatens stability

Chad: Uncle-Nephew and Bashir row threatens stability

A few days after the Doha accord signed between the government of Chad and Sudan to end the hostilities between them, there have been...
Chadians fume as gas cookers cause havoc after charcoal ban

Chadians fume as gas cookers cause havoc after charcoal ban

In Chad's rural population, people can be seen struggling to cook with burning dung, pieces of furniture or pieces of paper. Those who have...
Russian role in EUFOR-Chad/CAR mission defined by EU

Russian role in EUFOR-Chad/CAR mission defined by EU

European foreign affairs ministers meeting in council in Luxemburg have approved Russia's participation in the EUFOR-Chad/CAR operation and defined the framework in which the...
Football : Chad faces Mali’s best team in CAN / WC qualifiers

Football : Chad faces Mali’s best team in CAN / WC qualifiers

Mali will field its best team against Chad this weekend in Bamako, as the second phase of the joint 2010 African Cup of Nations/World...
EUFOR : Heavy Russian participation expected in September

EUFOR : Heavy Russian participation expected in September

Russia will provide four Mig-8 helicopters and 120 soldiers to the European peace-keeping mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) -- EUFOR-Chad/CAR,...
Chad : Aid groups face dilemma over EU protection

Chad : Aid groups face dilemma over EU protection

Armed vehicle for security in the Oure cassoni camp. All vehicles coming and getting out of the camp have to be escorted DAKAR, 16 May...
Swedish EUFOR colonel sacked for protecting french torturers

Swedish EUFOR colonel sacked for protecting french torturers

Swedish Col. Hans Am, who has been serving in the European Force in Chad and the Central African Republic (EUFOR), has been relieved of...
CAF FIFA : Chad suspended from championship

CAF FIFA : Chad suspended from championship

Africa soccer's governing body CAF has banned Chad from the qualifiers for the first edition of the African Nations Championships slated for Cote d'Ivoire...
Chad kicks out its only foreign correspondent

Chad kicks out its only foreign correspondent

The Chadian government effectively forced the country's only permanent foreign correspondent to leave the country on Thursday after withdrawing her work permit without explanation,...
Chad opposition leader alive

Chad opposition leader alive

Chadian opposition leader Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh, who has been missing since 3 February 2008 in N'Djamena, Chad, is still alive, his son, Hicham...
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Rights’ NGOs seek end to impunity in Darfur

A group of civil society NGOs, meeting in Dakar ahead of the 11th summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), has urged...
French Soldier’s body found in Sudan

French Soldier’s body found in Sudan

The body of the French Eufor soldier reported missing last Monday in Sudan, has been found. The Sudanese authorities notified the European forces in...
Sudan: EU Soldier Missing

Sudan: EU Soldier Missing

One soldier is missing after a vehicle of the European Union's military force in Chad (EUFOR) strayed across the border into Sudan and was...
Chadian Opposition leader Alive

Chadian Opposition leader Alive

The Chadian opposition leader Ngarlejy Yorongar is alive. The head of the Federation of Action for the Republic (FAR) arrived Sunday in the Cameroonian...
Chadian Crisis Deepen Fault Lines within African Union

Chadian Crisis Deepen Fault Lines within African Union

With more than 1000 people massacred in Kenya over elections dispute, news filtering in from Chad in the last few weeks is depressing. While...
Cameroon – Chad: Refugees from N’djamena still fearful of returning

Cameroon – Chad: Refugees from N’djamena still fearful of returning

Only a river separates N’djamena from Kousseri, Cameroon, where thousands fled last week’s violence. Fighting ended in Chad’s capital N'djamena almost a week ago...
Refugees still fleeing Chad

Refugees still fleeing Chad

Refugees fleeing the Chadian capital N’djamena are still swamping border towns in Cameroon and thousands have started queuing at Nigerian border posts, said officials...
Chad: Rebels withdraw from N’djamena

Chad: Rebels withdraw from N’djamena

Chadian rebels who surrounded the presidency in N'Djamena on Sunday in a bid to oust President Idriss Deby have withdrawn completely following helicopter raids...
Chad: Government forces claim Victory

Chad: Government forces claim Victory

Rebels seeking to topple the government of President Idriss Deby fought their way to a few blocks to the presidential palace on the weekend,...