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A court in Chad has sentenced to life imprisonment hundreds of members of “Le Front pour l’Alternance et la Concorde du Tchad (FACT)”, a rebel group accused by authorities of terrorism and the killing of former leader Idriss Deby Itno. The court’s ruling was announced by Justice Minister Mahamat Ahmat Alhabo. “More than 400 FACT […]
Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno opened Thursday his country’s embassy in the Israeli capital of Tel Aviv, a move expected to further strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries. “This is a historic moment. It follows the steps we took with your late father, my historic visit to Chad, and your historic visit to […]
A court during a mass trial in Koro Toro prison in Chad has handed out jail terms of between two and three years to more than 260 people out of a total of 401 arrested over anti-government protests in October, while defense lawyers have argued that the trial was “illegal”. A total of 401 people […]
The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) elected Tuesday Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, the President of the Transition Military Council of Chad, as its new Chairman in replacement of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. The commission gathered in Abuja at the 16th Summit of the Heads of State and Government. Buhari, reports say, before handing the baton […]
The Chadian government Wednesday decreed a three-day mourning nationwide to pay tribute to several soldiers killed in Lake Chad province by Boko Haram insurgents. Armed forces posted in the province came under an attack attributed to Nigeria-based Boko Haram insurgent group. The Chadian government in a statement said the attack which took place on Bouka-Toulloroum […]
Launched in 2019 by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and its partners, the Desert to Power initiative to increase solar generation capacity to provide 250 million people with electricity access across Africa’s Sahel region for socio-economic development continues to attract financial support from around the world. The Desert to Power initiative is designed to […]
An estimated 4 million people, many of them small subsistence farmers, in over a dozen countries in West and Central Africa that have seen their crops decimated by unusually heavy flooding. In northern Cameroon, for example, the latest floods have destroyed the harvest for this season, while nearly 1 million hectares of farmland across the […]
French President Emmanuel Macron will officially announce on Wednesday (9 November) the end of the anti-jihadist Operation Barkhane in the Sahel, but this will have no impact on the French military presence in the region, according to a statement from the Elysee Palace. This announcement comes a little less than three months after the withdrawal […]
Equatorial Guinea authorities have launched a nationwide campaign to expel illegal migrants ahead of November 20 general elections, Anadolu news agency has learned. “In accordance with the directives of the government” of Equatorial Guinea, “the security forces (…) have launched since October 20, vast operations of control and expulsion of foreigners in irregular situation,” Toundi […]
Chad Sunday announced the release of Jérôme Hugonnot, a French-Australian citizen, kidnapped Friday by unidentified men in Wadi Fira province, north-east of the central African country. “I have just learned that the French-Australian hostage kidnapped 24 hours ago has just been found and taken to safety, in good health,” Prime Minister of Chad, Saleh Kebzabo, […]