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Attack on Chad’s presidential palace leaves 19 dead

N’DJAMENA, Chad — An attack on Chad’s presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded, state media reported Thursday. The attack on Wednesday night occurred while Chadian President Mahamat Deby Itno was inside the palace, but authorities said the situation was quickly brought under control. There is no fear,” Foreign Affairs …

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Attack on Chad’s presidential palace leaves 19 dead

LA Times

Chadian President Mahamat Deby Itno participates in his inauguration ceremony in N’djamena, Chad, on May 23, 2024. An attack on Chad’s presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded, state media reported Thursday. The attack on Wednesday night occurred while Chadian President Mahamat Deby Itno was inside the palace, but authorities …

Attack President Chad Deby Itno

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Chad Presidential Palace attacked by gunmen when Deby Itno was inside, 19 killed

India TV News

An attack on Chad's presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded, state media reported Thursday. The attack on Wednesday night occurred while Chadian President Mahamat Deby Itno was inside the palace, but authorities said the situation was quickly brought under control. There is no fear," Foreign Affairs Minister Abderaman Koulamallah …

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Senegal and Chad say ousting of French troops was their sovereign decision

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Senegalese and Chadian leaders said that the ousting of French troops from their territories was their sovereign decision, rejecting remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron that suggested otherwise. Macron said Monday at an annual meeting of foreign ambassadors that France had “proposed to the African heads of state to reorganize our presence.” He added, “As we are …

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2 weeks ago

France hands over first base in Chad during withdrawal from former colony

Al Jazeera

Chad last month ended military cooperation with its former colonial power, and French troops began leaving the country last week. Chad’s chief of military staff on Thursday said the base at Faya-Largeau in the north of the country had been handed over and the army would inform the public about progress concerning the withdrawal of French forces from bases in …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

France flies out 2 Mirage fighter jets from Chad to signal beginning of military withdrawal

Associated Press

PARIS — France flew out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad on Tuesday, signaling the beginning of its withdrawal of military forces from the former French colony in central Africa that last month broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris. The Mirage 2000-D fighters took off after midday from a French base in the capital, …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Women who escaped war in Sudan say they’re being forced to have sex to survive

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

They fled war in Sudan. Now, women in refugee camps say they’re being forced to have sex to survive

Associated Press

ADRE, Chad — Crossing into Chad, the 27-year-old thought she’d left the horrors of Sudan’s war behind: the bodies she ran over while fleeing, the screams of girls being raped, the disappearance of her husband when gunmen attacked. Yewande Odia, the United Nations Population’s Fund representative in Chad, said sexual exploitation is a serious violation. U.N. agencies said displacement camps …

Women War Sex Money Exploitation Sudan Sexual Exploitation

1 month, 4 weeks ago

17 Chadian soldiers and 96 rebels killed in a Boko Haram attack, army says

Associated Press

N’DJAMENA, Chad — Boko Haram insurgents killed 17 Chadian soldiers in a weekend attack on a military post that also left 96 of the assailants dead in the country’s west, Chad’s army said. The attack in the Lake Chad region happened on Saturday, army spokesperson Gen. Issakh Acheikh said on national television Sunday night. The Lake Chad region has been …

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5 months ago

Chad’s military was responsible for deaths of detainees after protests in 2022, a rights group says

Associated Press

N’DJAMENA, Chad — Chad’s military was responsible for the deaths of several detainees arrested following protests in October 2022, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. Human Rights Watch called on Chadian authorities, the African Union and United Nations bodies to investigate what it called unlawful detentions, ill treatment at the prison, and deaths in custody. “The Chadian government must act decisively …

Prison Rights Died Human Rights Watch Chad Toro Koro Toro Prison

5 months ago

Chad's military was responsible for deaths of detainees after protests in 2022, a rights group says

The Independent

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Human Rights Prison Died Human Rights Watch Chad Toro Koro Toro Prison

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Tensions bubble as Sudanese refugees feel resentment from Chadian hosts

Al Jazeera

Some 600,000 Sudanese are seeking safety in Chad, but host communities are blaming them for using up scarce resources. “There’s hardly any water for us.” On the other hand, Sudanese refugees say they are often attacked by Chadians when they leave their refugee camp to find water or gather firewood for cooking fires in the camp, according to Salwa Malik, …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Chad Prime Minister Masra resigns after disputed vote winner confirmed

Al Jazeera

The military government chief’s victory in the presidential polls prompts Succes Masra to resign from the transitional post. Chadian Prime Minister Succes Masra says he has handed in his resignation, weeks after his defeat to military government chief Mahamat Idriss Deby in the presidential election. Masra – a staunch opponent of the military government, which seized power in April 2021 …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

US to pull troops from Chad and Niger as the African nations question its counterterrorism role

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The United States will pull the majority of its troops from Chad and Niger as it works to restore key agreements governing what role there might be there for the American military and its counterterrorism operations, the Pentagon said Thursday. Both African countries have been integral to the U.S. military’s efforts to counter violent extremist organizations across the …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Seven soldiers in Chad are killed in an explosion blamed on Boko Haram extremists

Associated Press

N’DJAMENA, Chad — An explosive device detonated and killed seven soldiers in Chad during a patrol in the country’s west near Lake Chad, the government says. Chadian authorities said they suspected Boko Haram extremists from Nigeria were behind the attack, renewing concerns about an escalation of violence near the border. Boko Haram launched an insurgency more than a decade ago …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Chadian opposition leader dies in gun exchange, state prosecutor says

Al Jazeera

The announcement comes a day after heavy gunfire erupts in N’Djamena near the headquarters of Yaya Dillo’s party. Dillo was among several people killed when he led an attack on the National State Security Agency in the capital, N’Djamena, the prosecutor said on Thursday. Heavy gunfire was heard on Wednesday in N’Djamena near the headquarters of Dillo’s Socialist Party Without …

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1 year ago

New constitution, old playbook: Chad’s Deby continues power play in Sahel

Al Jazeera

Since his ascension to power in April 2021, the Chadian leader has been accused of perpetuating himself in power. ‘Long-term play’ Upon assumption of power in an April 2021 coup, Deby, now 38, promised to return to democracy within 18 months. “Deby’s ‘long-term play’ … is to entrench himself at the top of an autocratic political system dominated by the …

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1 year ago

In a refugee camp in Chad, Sudanese women are running out of hope

Al Jazeera

Adré, Chad — Squatting on the sandy ground, a young girl is weaving grass stems into a roof. Imagine something like this happening in a European town,” said Mirjana Spoljaric, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, who visited Eastern Chad to raise awareness around the stark shortage of humanitarian funding for this crisis. My husband always …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Chad’s military government agrees to opposition leader’s return from exile

Associated Press

KINSHASA, Congo — Chad’s military government has agreed to allow the return of opposition leader Succes Masra, who fled the country last year amid a political clampdown, the Congolese presidency announced Tuesday. Abderaman Koulamallah, the Chadian minister of reconciliation, signed an agreement on Monday with Masra’s political party that allows the exiled politician and other opposition figures to return, according …

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1 year, 5 months ago

RSF atrocities pile up in Darfur after 100 days of Sudan fighting

Al Jazeera

The RSF and Arab militias are accused of killing lawyers, human rights monitors, doctors and non-Arab tribal leaders. Targeting the Intelligentsia The RSF and Arab militias are accused of deliberately killing lawyers, human rights monitors, doctors and non-Arab tribal leaders, according to rights groups and local monitors. “The person… close to the RSF, he told me that, as well as …

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1 year, 6 months ago

No respite for civilians fleeing Darfur, killed while escaping

Al Jazeera

Civilians fleeing el-Geneina are being targeted as they cross into Chad, as previous ceasefire is violated. Civilians fleeing violence in Sudan’s West Darfur city of el-Geneina are being targeted even as they flee into neighbouring Chad, with a previous nationwide 72-hour ceasefire violated as violence there escalates, according to Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan. Gunshots are being directed at civilians “even …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Chadian Subdistrict

China Daily

Chadian Subdistrict is located in the eastern part of Tianjin, in the northern area of the Binhai New Area. The "Chadian" brand of fragrant rose grapes is the first registered agricultural product in Tianjin and holds national recognition as a well-known trademark and a product of national geographical protection. In 2022, Chadian's fragrant rose grapes were selected as a demonstration …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Chadian Subdistrict

China Daily

Chadian Subdistrict is located in the eastern part of Tianjin, in the northern area of the Binhai New Area. The "Chadian" brand of fragrant rose grapes is the first registered agricultural product in Tianjin and holds national recognition as a well-known trademark and a product of national geographical protection. In 2022, Chadian's fragrant rose grapes were selected as a demonstration …

National Cultural Area Grape Tianjin Chadian Subdistrict

1 year, 7 months ago

‘As the night descended, they came and killed’: Sudan’s other war

Al Jazeera

West Darfur has long been the stage for intercommunal violence between Arab and Black African communities, such as the Masalit. In 2003, what used to be competition over water and land turned into a brutal war as Sudan's then-President Omar al-Bashir armed Arab militias to suppress a rebellion led by non-Arab communities. In 2019, Hemedti collaborated with the military to …

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Attack on Chad’s presidential palace leaves 19 dead

Attack on Chad’s presidential palace leaves 19 dead

Chad Presidential Palace attacked by gunmen when Deby Itno was inside, 19 killed

Senegal and Chad say ousting of French troops was their sovereign decision

France hands over first base in Chad during withdrawal from former colony

France flies out 2 Mirage fighter jets from Chad to signal beginning of military withdrawal

Women who escaped war in Sudan say they’re being forced to have sex to survive

They fled war in Sudan. Now, women in refugee camps say they’re being forced to have sex to survive

17 Chadian soldiers and 96 rebels killed in a Boko Haram attack, army says

Chad’s military was responsible for deaths of detainees after protests in 2022, a rights group says

Chad's military was responsible for deaths of detainees after protests in 2022, a rights group says

Tensions bubble as Sudanese refugees feel resentment from Chadian hosts

Chad Prime Minister Masra resigns after disputed vote winner confirmed

US to pull troops from Chad and Niger as the African nations question its counterterrorism role

Seven soldiers in Chad are killed in an explosion blamed on Boko Haram extremists

Chadian opposition leader dies in gun exchange, state prosecutor says

New constitution, old playbook: Chad’s Deby continues power play in Sahel

In a refugee camp in Chad, Sudanese women are running out of hope

Chad’s military government agrees to opposition leader’s return from exile

RSF atrocities pile up in Darfur after 100 days of Sudan fighting

No respite for civilians fleeing Darfur, killed while escaping

Chadian Subdistrict

Chadian Subdistrict

‘As the night descended, they came and killed’: Sudan’s other war