There are doubts that the inclusive national dialogue will resume today, after being suspended since Saturday due to unrest in Ndjamena. The party which boycotted the Inclusive National Dialogue had intended to organize a rally on Saturday, but was prevented from doing so. Hundreds of activists were arrested. On Saturday evening, the former Foreign Minister of […]
Bindisi — Six Chadian soldiers have reportedly been killed by armed men, believed to be Sudanese, in area of Roto in west Jokouma in Bindisi on the border between Central Darfur and Chad. Sources from the area told Radio Dabanga that the Chadian army has asked its Sudanese counterparts to hand over the perpetrators. The […]
Cape Town — Chad’s national dialogue that began a week ago, hit a snag on August 28, 2022 when the list of the presidium, which was supposed to direct the work of the forum, was contested. With the announcement that Gali Ngoté, an opponent of late president Idriss Déby appeared on the list, several participants […]
Flooding due to torrential rains across Chad has affected more than 340,000 people, a report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has found. The flooding has destroyed nearly 2,700 hectares of crops and farming land, increased food insecurity. The numbers of those affected by rains have gone up by 90,000 […]
The normally quiet airport at the Chadian capital N’Djamena was recently inundated with internationally well-known arrivals. High-ranking politicians, such as Senegalese president and chair of the African Union Macky Sall, paid a visit to support the Chadian interim president Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, while the African Union (AU) Commission chair, Moussa Faki Mahamat, participated in […]
After the opening ceremony last Saturday and a subsequent postponement of a few days, the work of the inclusive and sovereign national dialogue was scheduled to restart on Wednesday, August 24 to run till the end of the week. Participants will first work on setting up the dialogue bodies, with the adoption of rules of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed that the stability of Chad and other neighbouring countries to Nigeria is in the overall interest of the nation. The President, who spoke on the virtues of good neighborliness yesterday at State House, Abuja, while receiving a Special Envoy from the Transitional President of Chad, General Mahamat Idris Derby, posited […]
Nairobi, Kenya — Exiled Chadian rebel leader Timan Erdimi has returned to the country after a decade in exile in Qatar for talks aiming to pave the way for democratic elections. But boycotts by rebel and opposition groups remain major hurdles. Erdimi, now 67, returned Thursday, ahead of Saturday’s anticipated landmark talk in N’Djamena, Chad’s […]
On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my warmest wishes to the people of the Republic of Chad on the 62nd anniversary of your independence. On this occasion, we celebrate decades of partnership, collaboration, and mutual respect between the United States and Chad. We support the people of Chad in their pursuit […]
After more than five months of talks, 42 rebel groups signed an agreement with the ruling junta in the Qatari capital Doha on Monday. The ceremony was attended by the leader of the junta, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, who promised not to relent in his efforts to obtain peace. “I am firmly committed to implementing […]
Khartoum / Bir Saliba — The Chadian joint forces expressed their regret over last week’s incidents surrounding clashes between Sudanese herdsman and armed Chadian groups, which according to them has left 27 dead and 36 injured in the Bir Saliba area of West Darfur. As was reported yesterday, a Chadian armed group ambushed and killed […]
Chad’s transitional authorities and rebel groups have signed a peace agreement in Qatar ahead of a broad national reconciliation dialogue due to begin later this month. Monday’s signing ceremony for the agreement – which included the parties agreeing to take part in a national, inclusive dialogue – was attended by more than 30 rebel groups, […]
Tawila / Saraf Omra / Gaga — Three displaced people were killed by gunmen in Tawila in North Darfur yesterday. In Saraf Omra, a group of traders were violently robbed of their belongings. Last week, a villager was shot in the same area. In eastern Chad, two Darfuri refugees were shot dead on Sunday. On […]
One year on, security problems and political clashes prevent agreement on Chad’s inclusive national dialogue. Chad’s political transition was meant to take 18 months, from April 2021 to September 2022, but it now appears an extension will be needed. The country is saddled with security problems internally and at its borders, significant food shortages and […]
15 months into an 18-month transition, there are few signs of it ending. And the Western-backed interim president is acting a lot like his dad. Chad’s return to civilian rule is under threat. 15 months into a political transition that is supposed to last 18 months, the Transitional Military Council (CMT) has done little to […]
Washington — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced a resolution condemning the April 2021 coup d’etat in Chad and urging the country’s transition to democracy. The resolution calls for General Mahamat Deby and transitional authorities’ commitment to organize elections in in 2022 in accordance with the timeframe […]
The Centre for China Studies on Wednesday advised the federal government to key into Chinese Government’s Belt and Road Initiative in order to reclaim the Lake Chad which has been receding over the years and has given oxygen to terrorism in Nigeria and parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Speaking in Abuja at a roundtable discussion, the […]
Nairobi — Clashes last week between gold miners in the country’s north left more than 100 people dead, the Chadian government said. The clashes took place May 23 and 24 in the Kouri Bougoudi district, near the border with Libya. The area is home to many unregulated mines where people search for gold. Chad’s minister […]