Chadian’s growing use of social media could prove a boon for the country’s political transition, but it could also fuel violence offline. With donor’s backing, authorities, civil society, online platforms and influencers should work to ensure social media remains a space for democratic debate rather than an accelerator of conflict. What’s new? Following years of […]
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A delegation of the French military, yesterday, met with Nigeria’s top military brass to explore ways of strengthening ties in order to contain the challenge of insecurity in the North-east and Lake Chad basin. The meeting was also convened to seek ways of exploring options of capacitating the military establishment. This comes as the National […]
A Chadian court has handed jail terms of between two and three years to 262 people who were arrested after deadly protests in October, the public prosecutor said on Monday. A total of 401 people had been put on trial in Koro Toro prison, a high-security jail located in the desert 600 kilometres from the […]
N’djamena — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned today of an imminent cut to food assistance to crisis-affected refugees in Chad unless urgent funding to bridge major funding shortfalls is received imminently. WFP requires US$161 million by the end of 2022 to avert a suspension of its […]
Guinea Bissau’s president says without Buhari, he would not have been president. African leaders, who attended the launch of the French version of the book entitled “Muhammadu Buhari: the Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria”, in Niamey on Thursday, have shared glowing testimonies on the leadership qualities of the Nigerian leader. President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger […]
Presidency has expressed satisfaction with the existing bilateral relationship between Nigeria and its neighbours, confirming that such ties have helped tremendously, especially in the areas of tackling border insecurity, illegal arms import, and smuggling. The senior special assistant on media and publicity to the president, Garba Shehu disclosed this in Niamey, Niger yesterday shortly after […]
As many as 40 Chadian soldiers were killed when Boko Haram insurgents launched a surprise attack on their military unit in Lake Chad province, near the Nigerian border. The Chadian government said the unit had been dispatched to set up an army outpost on the island of Bouka-Toullorom, where Boko Haram has carried out several […]
Yaounde, Cameroon — Cameroon has blamed arms smuggling from its neighbors for fueling Boko Haram terrorism, anglophone separatists, and crime. The military says it has recovered only a small fraction of illegal small arms out of what is thought to be more 100,000, most of them smuggled from neighboring Chad and Nigeria. Cameroon’s military pointed […]
Cape Town — France seems to be losing the grip it once had on its former colonies, and the rift is growing every day. “Sixty years on, francophone countries in Africa still do not have true independence and freedom from France,” Nathalie Yamb, adviser to Ivory Coast’s Freedom and Democracy Party (LIDER), told Deutche Welle […]
A conservationist and veterinarian with dual French and Australian citizenship who was kidnapped last week in Chad has been released. Chad President Mahamat Idriss Deby announced Jerome Hugonnot’s release Sunday in a post on Twitter without providing any further details. Hugonnot who manages an oryx park on behalf of the Sahara Conservation Fund, or the […]
Geneva — The U.N.’s chief human rights official, Volker Tuerk, is calling for an end to the use of lethal force by Chadian security forces who reportedly killed and wounded dozens of protesters Thursday. Violent demonstrations broke out in several cities Thursday, protesting the decision by Chad’s military government to delay by two years the […]
Pro-democracy demonstrators clashed with police in the Chadian capital, N’Djamena, claiming roughly 50 lives. This follows the recent extension of military rule in the country. Prime minister Saleh Kebzabo said about 50 were killed in the demonstrations which occurred on the date when the military originally promised it would cede power to civilians. The Chadian […]
Yaounde — Officials in Cameroon and Chad say heavy rainfall this week caused the Logone river, which forms their border, to overflow, displacing more than 100,000 people and leaving 70,000 homeless. Cameroonian officials brought assistance to flood victims, who say more help is needed. Tandembe Noah, a thirty-three-year-old farmer in Guizi, a village near Cameroon’s […]
With elections pushed back by a further two years, Chad’s military ruler Mahamat Deby is set to stay on as president. He’s also gained expansive new powers as part of several presential resolutions passed Chad’s military leader Mahamat Deby has been officially sworn in as president for a second time, this time as head of […]
Over the past few years, the lack of investment in Africa’s oil and gas sector has led to a sharp decline in production. With the sanctions on Russian energy, OPEC and its allies have set a target to meet a larger global market share. Africa is seeking solutions to increase investment in the oil sector […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres and African leaders have launched a high-level panel to assess the situation in the Sahel and make recommendations on ways to foster international engagement and map out responses to the region’s complex challenges. The independent panel was formally announced on Saturday in New York on the margins of the General Assembly’s […]
Yaounde — Hundreds of truckers have stopped working on Cameroon’s border with Chad to protest a ban on heavy trucking into Chad, which depends on Cameroon for 80% of its imported goods. Drivers transporting food and humanitarian assistance say they are disgruntled with what they call Cameroon’s refusal to repair the road linking northern Cameroon […]
Job creation is vital to countering Boko Haram, and successful business practices in the region point the way. Protracted conflicts cause far-reaching damage to the social, economic and political affairs of affected areas. They create a negative reinforcing loop because they make it difficult to deal with the underlying causes of the problem. Violence in […]