Chad
Chad ex-president urges junta to include rebels in 'dialogue'
Chad's ex-president who ruled the turbulent Sahel country from 1980 to 1982, urged "reconciliation to end our quarrels," in a process that would embrace the...
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Chad interim leader vows talks after deadly anti-junta protests
Deby's 37-year-old son Mahamat, who heads the so-called Transitional Military Council (TMC), pledged an "inclusive national dialogue" after violent protests in the capital N'Djamena and in the south of the semi-desert country.
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Chad junta refuses to negotiate with rebels
"The time is not for mediation, nor for negotiation with outlaws," Azem Bermandoa Agouna, spokesman of the military council that took power last week following the shock death of veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno.
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African Union seeks restoration of civilian rule in Chad
The AU's 15-member security body, the Peace and Security Council, voiced "grave concern" over the establishment of a military council headed by 37-year-old Mahamat Idriss Deby.
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Chad bids farewell to Deby as France and allies back his son
Idriss Deby's coffin, draped in the national flag and surrounded by elite troops, was driven on the back of a pickup truck to the Place de la Nation square for ceremonies attended by foreign leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron.
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France worried about Chad's stability after Deby's death
The announcement Tuesday of president Idriss Deby Itno's death from battlefield wounds plunged Chad into uncertainty and alarmed Western leaders who saw him as a key ally in the restless region.
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Deby's son named 'president of the republic' of Chad
It said General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, 37, who on Tuesday was named transitional leader as head of a military council following his father's death, will "occupy the functions of the president of the republic" and also serve as head of the armed forces.
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Ramaphosa saddened by Chad President Idriss Déby's death
President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent his condolences to Idriss Déby's family, government and the people of Chad.
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Chad's new strongman emerges from father's shadow
In the aftermath of the death of president Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled the poor Sahel country with an iron fist for three decades, his 37-year-old son has quickly emerged as the new strongman.
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Chad's president Deby dies after fighting rebels on battlefield: army
The shock announcement came only the day after the 68-year-old was proclaimed the winner of a presidential election that had given him a sixth term in office.
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Chad's army says rebel column in the north 'destroyed'
Last Sunday, members of the Force for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) rebel force group, said they had captured garrisons near Chad's northern borders with Niger and Libya 'without resistance'.
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Chad votes with 30-year ruler Deby poised for sixth win
A key ally in the West's anti-jihadist campaign in the Sahel, Deby, 68, is frontrunner in a six-candidate race without major rivals after a campaign in which demonstrations were banned or dispersed.
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Chad's Deby poised for sixth term in disputed election
Idriss Deby is frontrunner in a poll whose initial field of challengers shrank from 16 to six after candidates were barred or quit, while demonstrations have been banned or dispersed.
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Chad ruling party backs Deby bid for sixth term
Deby, a 68-year-old former army chief who has been in power for 30 years, hailed the decision at a meeting of his Patriotic Salvation Movement.
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Chad bans protests ahead of vote announcement
In a decree published late Monday, Public Security Minister Mahamat Tahir Orozi said the authorities "cannot allow the holding of such protests, which have the potential to provoke public disorder across the country."
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Chad says troops killed 20 Boko Haram fighters, freed hostages
The jihadist group, which originated in Nigeria in 2009, has established bases on islets dotting Lake Chad, a vast swampy expanse on the border between Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
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200 killed in floods across Africa
Aid needs are likely to surpass 2019 levels, according to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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Cash cows: Chad repays $100-mln Angola debt with cattle
The landlocked central African country, impoverished despite its oil revenues, contracted a $100 million (92-million-euro) debt with Angola in 2017.
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44 jihadists found dead in Chad prison – Prosecutor
An autopsy carried out on four of the dead prisoners revealed traces of a lethal substance that had caused heart attacks in some of the victims.
