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International Borders Closed[Daily Trust]Yola -Nigeria's borders with Cameroon Republic, Niger and Chad have been closed as part of the implementation of the emergency rule imposed by President Goodluck Jonathan, authorities said yesterday.
AllAfrica | 20-May-2013 08:07
JEM Head Denies Sudan-Chad Border Clash Was 'Murder'
[Radio Dabanga]Kordofan -Dr Gibril Ibrahim, head of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), has strongly denied that his forces "murdered" JEM-Bashar faction leader Mohammed Bashar, his deputy Suleiman Arko, his brother Noureen Bashar and at least eight others on Sunday at the Sudan-Chad border.
AllAfrica | 19-May-2013 08:49
UN Agency Prepositions for Darfur Refugees in Chad Ahead of Rainy Season
[UN News]With tens of thousands of Darfur refugees in eastern Chad, the United Nations refugee agency today said it is "in a race against time" to deliver aid before heavy rains cut off access to the group escaping violence linked to tribal conflicts.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2013 12:58
Chad seeks arrest of exiled president's allies
N'DJAMENA - Chad has charged four allies of the country's former president with human rights abuses and issued warrants for their arrest, a senior government source said on Friday.
Topix.net | 18-May-2013 09:12
Chad jets targeted Darfur rebels
Khartoum - Chad's air force targeted Sudanese rebels along the Darfur border after, a breakaway rebel leader reputedly backed by N'Djamena was killed, the insurgents charged on Thursday.
Topix.net | 18-May-2013 02:02
Chadian troops cross into Darfur heading to rebel positions: JEM
The Justice and Equality movement said Chadian troops have crossed the border into Darfur region and warned president Idris Deby from the consequences of his involvement in the Sudanese conflict.
Topix.net | 16-May-2013 02:52
Simba Energy Takes a Major Step Forward; Announces a Farm-Out on...
Ubika Research has issued a new research bulletin on the recently announced memorandum of Understanding on Block 2A in Kenya by Africa oil play Simba Energy Inc.
Topix.net | 14-May-2013 17:35
Nigeria: Lake Chad Water Transfer Likely to Start in 2017 - Commission
[Premium Times]The Lake Chad water transfer project aimed at restoring the water body to its normal level is likely to begin in 2017, Sanusi Abdullahi, the Executive Secretary, Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), has said.
AllAfrica | 14-May-2013 12:04
Chad: Interview with Chadian Blogger and Journalist Expelled from Senegal
One of our Observers , Makaila Nguebla , a Chadian opponent in exile in Dakar, was expelled during the night of 7 to 8 May by the Senegalese authorities.
Topix.net | 13-May-2013 21:47
Heroes welcome for Chad soldiers
File photo: Chadian soldiers patrol the streets of Gao, in northern Mali. A sixth French soldier has been killed in Mali amid security operations there.
Topix.net | 13-May-2013 17:48
Chad: Authorities Arrest Another Journalist, Seek Blogger's Extradition
[]Reporters Without Borders condemns the unprecedented wave of arrests and persecution of bloggers and journalists that the Chadian authorities have been orchestrating for the past few weeks.
AllAfrica | 13-May-2013 14:28
Chad: Chadian Blogger Expelled - Longtime Dakar Resident Had Criticized Chad's Leaders
[HRW]Nairobi -The Senegalese government's expulsion of the Chadian blogger and journalist Makaila Nguebla is a blow to freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said today.
AllAfrica | 11-May-2013 09:14
Chad: Alleged Coup Attempt No Excuse to Ignore Rights
[HRW]Nairobi -The government of Chad should adhere to its international legal obligations and respect human rights law while it investigates an alleged plot against the government, Human Rights Watch said today.
AllAfrica | 10-May-2013 15:41
Sudanese President Travels to Chad for Regional Summit
[Sudan Tribune]Khartoum -Bashir's press secretary Emad Sid Ahmed said that Bashir will address the summit which has been postponed twice before.
AllAfrica | 10-May-2013 12:45
New Wave of Arrests and Harassment of Opposition
[AI London]Scores of parliamentarians, journalists, army officers and civilians arrested since the beginning of the month by the Chadian authorities must either be charged with recognizable crimes or immediately released, Amnesty International said today.
AllAfrica | 10-May-2013 11:19
New wave of arrests and harassment of Chad's opposition
Detaining all those who speak up against the government is not the best way to prevent political turmoil in Chad.
Topix.net | 09-May-2013 20:37
Foreign
Chad emerges as African power broker as France steps back * Steps into void left by weakness of traditional powers * France seeks ally as it seeks to disengage from region PARIS/DAKAR: Chad's President Idriss Deby, a survivor of countless rebellions, has stepped into a void left by Africa's traditional heavyweights and turned his desert... Search ... (more)
Topix.net | 09-May-2013 00:45
UPDATE 1-Caracal plans UK listing to fund Chad oil exploration
Canada-based oil and gas explorer Caracal Energy said it plans to make a stock market debut in London to raise $150 million in funding for its exploration programme in Chad.
Topix.net | 08-May-2013 19:25
Chad: Anti-Corruption Blogger Charged With Defamation
[IFEX]The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International protests the treatment of blogger and writer Jean Laokolé, who has been charged with defamation after being arrested by a group of men in civilian clothes on 22 March 2013 and detained incommunicado for three days.
AllAfrica | 08-May-2013 14:24
South Africa: African Press Review 7 May 2013
[RFI]More on Guptagate in the South African press, while the large number of child bride marriages in Chad and Niger is another big story today...
AllAfrica | 08-May-2013 13:34
Chad emerges as African power broker as France steps back
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Topix.net | 08-May-2013 09:56
Chad emerges as African power broker as France steps back
Chad's President Idriss Deby, a survivor of countless rebellions, has stepped into a void left by Africa's traditional heavyweights and turned his desert nation into a powerbroker as France disengages from its former colonies.
Topix.net | 08-May-2013 09:56
Chad: Journalist Arrested After Being Summoned to Law Courts
[]Reporters Without Borders is very worried by today's arrest of Eric Topona, the secretary-general of the Union of Chadian Journalists (UJT) and former journalist for Chad's national radio and TV broadcaster, and the charge of "endangering constitutional order" that has been brought against him.
AllAfrica | 07-May-2013 22:49
Chad - Journalist arrested after being summoned to law ...
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Topix.net | 07-May-2013 14:08
Speaking Out Against Child Marriage
[ThinkAfricaPress]Child marriage has been missing from international development agendas. The time is ripe for that to change.
AllAfrica | 06-May-2013 17:51
The African Union Condemns the Destabilization Attempt in Chad
[African Union]Addis Ababa, 3 May 2013: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has learnt with deep concern about the attempt to destabilize the Chadian institutions, as stated in the communiqué of 1 May 2013 of the Chadian Government.
AllAfrica | 05-May-2013 10:16
Chad: Casualties in Coup-Linked Shootout in Capital
N'djamena - There were at least 20 casualties in a shootout in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, where security forces managed to foil a coup plot, authorities disclosed on Thursday.
Topix.net | 03-May-2013 13:42
Chad: High-Ranking Army Officers Arrested After Coup Attempt
[Focac]N'djamena -High-ranking army officers were arrested Thursday morning after security forces foiled a coup attempt in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, according to authorities.
AllAfrica | 03-May-2013 10:03
Chad: Casualties in Coup-Linked Shootout in Capital
[Focac]N'djamena -There were at least 20 casualties in a shootout in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, where security forces managed to foil a coup plot, authorities disclosed on Thursday.
AllAfrica | 03-May-2013 10:02
Two generals held over coup plot
Chadian authorities have arrested two senior generals and a member of parliament allied to President Idriss Deby on suspicion of involvement in a foiled coup plot.
Topix.net | 03-May-2013 09:28
Lake Chad Basin Commission Discusses Modalities to Recharge the Lake
[Daily Trust]The 58th session of the Council of Ministers of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) has begun in Abuja with members striving to scale up efforts aimed at recharging the lake to enhance economic activities of citizens of member states.
AllAfrica | 02-May-2013 12:02
Chad: '1,500' Sudan Refugees Transferred to Chad Camp
[Radio Dabanga]Tissi -Over 1,500 Sudanese nationals that sought refuge in Chad following inter-tribal conflicts in Central Darfur are currently being transferred to the Goz Amer camp in the east of the country, a sheikh said.
AllAfrica | 02-May-2013 10:47
Chad: Arrests Follow 'Failed Coup'
[Deutsche Welle]Security forces in Chad have foiled an attempted coup, a government spokesman has reported. According to police and opposition sources a number of people have been arrested, including an opposition lawmaker.
AllAfrica | 02-May-2013 07:35
Chad government foils coup attempt -minister
Security forces in Chad foiled a coup against the government of President Idriss Deby that had been in preparation for several months, the West African desert nation's communications minister announced late on Wednesday.
Topix.net | 02-May-2013 04:25
Chad government foils coup attempt - minister
Security forces in Chad foiled a coup against the government of President Idriss Deby that had been in preparation for several months, the West African desert nation's communications minister announced late on Wednesday.
Topix.net | 02-May-2013 04:25
Arrests follow Chad 'failed coup'
Several people including an opposition MP have been arrested in the Chad capital Ndjamena, in what the government has described as an attempted 'destabilisation plot'. Chad has a long history of coups and revolts.
Topix.net | 02-May-2013 03:21
President says Libya harbours Chadian mercenaries
Chad's President Idriss Deby said on Saturday that Chadian mercenaries had set up a training camp in neighbouring Libya from where they could seek to destabilise his country, an accusation Libyan authorities denied.
Topix.net | 27-Apr-2013 18:55
State of war protects Chad's last elephants
In an isolated wilderness in Chad, a war is being fought to save central Africa's decimated elephant herds from gangs of ivory poachers.
Topix.net | 27-Apr-2013 16:55
Sudan: UNHCR Shifting Darfur IDPs to Safer Areas Inside Chad
[Sudan Tribune]Khartoum -The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has started moving thousands of displaced Sudanese civilians who fled across the border from violence in Darfur to safer areas further inside Chad.
AllAfrica | 27-Apr-2013 12:59
Chad: Regional Insecurity Adding to Chad's Humanitarian Needs
[IRIN]Nairobi -Chad is grappling with an influx of refugees and returnees into its south-eastern regions, mainly from neighbouring Sudan, and others from the Central African Republic (CAR) following a series of inter-ethnic clashes in Darfur and a recent coup in the CAR, respectively.
AllAfrica | 26-Apr-2013 16:02
Chad: Arrest Sudan's Defence Minister, Govt Urged
[HRW]New York -The government of Chad should arrest Abdelraheem Mohammed Hussein, the defense minister of Sudan, Human Rights Watch said today. He is expected to attend a conference in Chad on April 25 and 26, 2013, according to news reports.
AllAfrica | 26-Apr-2013 08:45
Chad: Rights Group Calls On Chad to Arrest Sudan Defence Minister
[Sudan Tribune]New York -Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Chad government to immediately detain Sudanese defence minister Abdel-Rahim Mohammed Hussein, who is attending a conference in the country despite an arrest warrant for him by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
AllAfrica | 26-Apr-2013 08:43
Chad to Host Sudan Defense Minister for Meeting On Joint Border Forces
[Sudan Tribune]Khartoum -The Sudanese defense minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein will head to Chad on Thursday for a two-day meeting despite an arrest warrant for him by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
AllAfrica | 25-Apr-2013 09:16
'40 Percent' of Umm Dukhun's Population Fled Sudan to Chad
[Radio Dabanga]Umm Dukhun -Multiple sources affirm that more than 40 percent of the population of Umm Dukhun town and surrounding villages in Central Darfur fled to Chad due to violent fighting between various groups in the area.
AllAfrica | 25-Apr-2013 05:59
Nigeria: It's Nigeria, Chad, Niger Operation - Army
[Vanguard]Abuja -Following the outrage that greeted the alleged killing of about 185 persons including women and children in a shoot out between soldiers and Boko Haram insurgents in Baga, a fishing community in Borno State, last Friday, the military yesterday explained that six civilians, one soldier and 30 terrorists died, while 15 others were injured in an operation that was carried out by a multinational force comprising troops from Nigeria, Chad and Niger Republic.
AllAfrica | 24-Apr-2013 12:37
Chad: UNHCR Starts Moving Displaced Families From Darfur to Safer Areas of Chad
[UNHCR]Tissi -Every tree in this remote border town provides shelter to a family from nearby Darfur, but despite the harsh conditions the displaced civilians arriving in south-east Chad are happy to have escaped from the tribal conflict in recent weeks across the border.
AllAfrica | 24-Apr-2013 10:26