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Chad President Launches Military Operation After 40 Soldiers Killed

Chad's President responds to deadly attack on military base, launching operation to track down assailants. Nation mourns loss of soldiers as authorities wo...

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Why is Hungary’s Orban sending soldiers to Chad?

An unlikely friendship is budding between Budapest and N’Djamena with the goal of stemming migration to Europe.

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Chad’s Deby sworn in as president as Allamaye Halina named new PM

Inauguration of Mahamat Idriss Deby follows disputed election and marks an end to three years of military rule.

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Chadian opposition leader files legal challenge to presidential election poll

Chadian opposition leader Succès Masra has filed a legal challenge to the results of the 6 May election in which officials declared he came in second, behind junta leader and interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.

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Chad’s President Deby wins election against prime minister in heated race

Violence and questions of election-rigging, however, marred the vote tally, which was announced earlier than expected.

Al Jazeera

What’s at stake in Chad’s presidential election?

Chad has been battling political upheaval since 2021 when longtime ruler Idriss Deby died and his son seized power.

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Chad votes in first Sahel presidential poll since wave of coups

Chadians go to the polls on Monday three years after their military leader seized power, in the first presidential election in Africa's Sahel region since a wave of coups.

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Chad votes for president after three years of military rule

Chadians voted Monday in a presidential election aimed at ending three years of military rule but dismissed by opponents of junta leader Mahamat Idriss Déby as a fix. The vote marked the first presidential election in Africa's Sahel region since a wave of coups.

France 24

Heatwaves Test Support For Juntas In Chad And Mali

Heatwaves and power outages in Chad and Mali strain military juntas' governance amid public discontent and climate challenges.

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Why is Chad boiling over ahead of long-awaited elections — and what’s next?

Opposition party members have been killed or injured as the ruling military government continues a crackdown.

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Chad votes in favour of new constitution backed by military rulers

Referendum held earlier this month has been approved by 86 percent of voters, say the officials.

Al Jazeera

Africa’s coup epidemic: Has democracy failed the continent?

The support for military takeovers is growing across Africa, and civilian governments are to blame, say analysts.

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Niger adds to growing list of countries in the Sahel run by the military

Mutinuous soldiers in Niger have overthrown the nation's democratically elected government, adding it to a growing list of countries in West Africa's Sahel region where military regimes rule

The Independent UK

Chad's freed rebel prisoners call for leader's release

With the midday sun high over Chad's capital N'Djamena, Alhadj Barh embraced his wife for the first time in more than two years. It marked a new start for a man who, until earlier that day, had been in jail for fighting in a rebel army accused of killing the…

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Chad orders German ambassador to leave the country

Chad's government ordered the German ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours, it said in a statement, a decision sources said was motivated by his comments about Chad's delayed transition to civilian rule after a 2021 coup.

Reuters

Chad pardons 380 rebels in apparent peace gesture

Chad's interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby on Saturday pardoned 380 jailed members of an influential rebel group in an apparent bid to get it to join peace talks.

Reuters

Chad sentences 441 rebels to life in prison over ex-president Deby's death

A court in Chad sentenced more than 400 rebels to life in prison on Tuesday over the death of former president Idriss Deby, who was killed on the frontline of a battle against their group in 2021, their lawyer said.

Reuters

Israel to Chad: need to curb Iran, Hezbollah clout in Sahel

Chadian President Mahamat Deby, in Israel to open an embassy on Thursday, heard his hosts' concern about what they described as the clout of their arch-foes Iran and Hezbollah in Africa's Sahel region.

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African state Chad to open embassy in Israel

Israel's prime minister's office says Chad will open an embassy in Israel, four years after the countries restored diplomatic relations

Al Jazeera

Chad to open embassy in Israel on Thursday: Israeli PM Netanyahu

Israel and Chad resumed ties in 2018 following a visit to Jerusalem by then-President Idriss Deby to PM Netanyahu.

Reuters

Chad to open embassy in Israel five years after renewing ties

Chadian President Mahamat Deby said he would inaugurate an embassy in Israel on Thursday that would build on bilateral relations that were established five years ago.

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Chad releases 139 detainees from protest crackdown in October

The move comes a week after more than 260 people were handed jail terms of between two to three years.

The New Daily

French-Australian kidnap victim freed in Chad

A conservationist with dual French and Australian citizenship has been freed after being taken hostage in Chad.

Reuters

Families bury victims of Chad pro-democracy protests

Sobbing relatives on Friday stood around a coffin holding the body of Chadian journalist Oredje Narcisse, 31, one of dozens of people killed in the violence that erupted from pro-democracy protests last week.

Reuters

Congo president Tshisekedi named facilitator for Chad crisis

Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi will serve as a facilitator for the political transition process in Chad, Central Africa's main regional body said on Tuesday.

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