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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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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 have moved to mend broken diplomatic ties in a bid to bolster security in both countries. President of Chad, Mr. Idriss...
Chad: Aid organizations halt work in Chad
The UN has announced that six aid organizations have suspended their work in Chad due to the risk of their staff being abducted or...
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-Cameroon oil-pipeline is not helping the fight against poverty
According to four NGOs, a Chad-Cameroon project initiated by the World Bank (WB) connecting the oil fields of Doba in southwest Chad to the...
Sudan accuses Chad of bombing its territory
Sudan has launched a complaint with the Security Council of the United Nations (UN) against its neighbour. Sudan is accusing Chad of shelling Umm...
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: rebel attack in the north and south of Goz Beida
Rebels of the Union Forces of the Resistance (UFR) continued their advance Wednesday evening, without resistance and took the towns of Am-Timan (south of...
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...
New peace agreement between Chad and Sudan
Chad and Sudan Sunday signed a new peace agreement in Doha, Qatar. Under the terms of agreement both countries are committed not to interfere...
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...
Chadians to assail capital with a noisy “saucepan” clamour
The federation of political parties in Chad, Wednesday, called for an assailing 15 minute clamour with saucepans for three days beginning Friday. According to...
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...
Belgium takes over command of EUFOR in Chad and CAR
Belgium Wednesday took over the command of the special forces of the European Union Peacekeeping mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (EUFOR),...
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...
Belgium still wants ex Chadian President arrested
Belgium's international arrest warrant against the former Chadian president Hissène Habré is still valid and he could be arrested and extradited to Belgium the...
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
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...
Over 1000 illegal Chadian immigrants repatriated from Nigeria
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Sunday repatriated 1,200 Chadians after they entered Nigeria illegally and settled in several border communities, the private Guardian newspaper...
Francophone Africa drama competitions to kick off in December
The first edition of a drama competition among Francophone African nations will hold 11-14 December in Cotonou, Benin's economic capital, organisers said Sunday. Initiated...
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...
French president pledges to find missing opposition leader
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has reaffirmed his resolve to help shed light on the disappearance of Chadian opposition leader Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh,...
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...