Chad: Presidents Macron and Tshisekedi call for a peaceful transition
The repression of the demonstrations and the violence were condemned yesterday in Paris by the French and Congolese presidents. Felix Tshisekedi, who holds the rotating […]
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Chad: Albert Pahimi Padacké appointed PM of the transition
The Chadian transition has chosen its Prime Minister. The head of the Transitional Military Council, Mahamat Idriss Déby, has appointed Albert Pahimi Padacké to this […]
Niger ready to help Chad combat FACT rebels
According to the Chadian army, Idriss Déby was fatally wounded on Monday, April 19, while fighting the Fact rebels. The transitional military council, which refuses […]
ICJ: Uganda rejects DRC’s “exorbitant” claims
War reparations are at the heart of the proceedings underway at the International Court of Justice since Tuesday. In 2005, the UN court found Uganda […]
Chadians pay their last national tribute to former President Idriss Déby today
The Chadian president died on Tuesday 20 April in the combat zone in the northwest of the country. A dozen foreign heads of state are […]
Who is General Mahamat Idriss Déby, the new strongman of Chad?
The death of Chadian Head of State Idriss Déby Itno was barely announced when a transitional military council of 15 generals took power for 18 […]
Chad: president Idriss Deby is dead few hours after winning a sixth term
In a swift change of fate, and according to the provisional results announced Monday evening by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Chadian President Idriss Deby […]
Chad: Deadly clash between army and Fact rebels make more than 300 dead
A first ground clash took place on Saturday, April 17, between loyalist forces and rebels of the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (Fact). […]
Senegal: Hissène Habré remains in prison as court rejects his request
The new request for leave filed by the defense of Hissène Habré on March 29 was denied on Sunday, April 18. The former Chadian president […]
Chad: arrest of several opposition leaders, activists
The Chadian Ministry of the Interior announced the arrest of several opposition party leaders and activists who were preparing to disrupt next Sunday’s presidential election. […]