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Chad officials say French troops have finally left after 70 years’ presence
Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby said Chad's military is ready to protect the country from any destabilization attempt as a January 31 deadline loomed for France to withdraw its troops.
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Chad’s detained opposition figure faces fresh hearing
Chad's opposition leader Dr. Succès Masra who has been detained since May 16th appeared before an investigative judge on Monday for a substantive hearing.It is in connection with a legal case his ...
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Chad military arms depot blast leaves 9 dead
A massive explosion on Tuesday evening near Chad’s capital city of N’Djamena killed at least nine and injured 46 others, according to a statement from its foreign minister. Video ...
Seattle Times21d
Chad’s former prime minister and opposition leader arrested in clash probe
N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad’s former prime minister and opposition leader Succès Masra was arrested Friday for his alleged involvement in a clash between herders and farmers in the country’s ...
World Bank5mon
Floods 2024: N'Djamena’s resilience thanks to preventive measures
Chad has been heavily impacted by flooding causing extensive damage. Torrential rains and flooding have killed 576 people and left 1.9 million homeless in the country since July 2024. The capital N ...
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Attack on Chad’s presidential palace leaves 19 dead
An attack on Chad’s presidential palace left 18 assailants ... as the attackers were local youths from the capital, N’Djamena. The attack occurred the same day as a visit by Chinese Foreign ...
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France Begins Military Withdrawal From Key African Counterterrorism Ally
Protesters gathered in the capital N'djamena to show their support to the government's decision to expel French troops from Chad. Protesters march during an anti-France demonstration in ...
The New York Times21d
Opposition Leader Is Arrested in Chad, Accused of Inciting Violence
In Chad, a landlocked country in north-central ... year with security forces at his party headquarters in the capital, N’Djamena. Later that year, the country’s longtime dictator, Idriss ...
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Women in Chad defy discrimination and violence to assert their rights to own and control land
a research center based in N’Djamena, the capital of Chad. Marie Depaque, another village woman who struggled to get by after her second husband refused to financially support her children from ...
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Desperate Sudanese refugees overwhelm Chad borders, MSF urges urgent aid
Tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees fleeing escalating violence in North Darfur have arrived in eastern Chad since April, overwhelming aid efforts and facing critical shortages of food, water and ...