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Chadian Foreign Minister Cherif Mahamat Zene reaffirmed Friday from Rabat the position of his country on the primacy of the role of the United Nations in settling the regional conflict over the Moroccan Sahara. The Chadian Foreign Minister said at a press briefing, following talks with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, that his country called […]
Chadian President Idriss Déby, one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders who has just been re-elected for six more years in power, died of wounds received on the battlefield, the army announced this Tuesday. The announcement came just hours after electoral officials had declared Deby, 68, the winner of the April 11 presidential election, paving the way […]
Ways of enhancing further Moroccan-Chadian cooperation in air transports, investment and culture were at the center of talks held Tuesday in N’Djamena between Head of Govt. Saad Eddine El Othmani and minister of State Kalzeubé Payimi Deubet. During the meeting, held on the sidelines of the high-level G5 security summit attended by the Kingdom, Mr. […]
Senegal and Chad have joined this Thursday their voices to the chorus of African countries which have expressed support for Morocco regarding its military intervention in Guerguarat that cleared the crossing point and restored the flow of passengers and goods between Morocco, Mauritania and the rest of Africa Senegalese President Macky Sall praised in […]
The second National Inclusive Forum, organized by the government and tasked with reviewing the new constitution, in place since 2018, ended on Sunday, November 1. The main conclusion of the forum was the creation of the position of vice president. The meeting was boycotted by part of the opposition, the main trade unions and human […]
Chad Monday threw its weight behind Morocco’s autonomy proposal for the Sahara, whose independence is claimed by the Algeria-backed separatist Polisario front. Chadian Foreign Minister Amine Abba Sidick stressed his country’s position as he visited his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita in Rabat. Chad, the Foreign Minister recalled, has severed ties with the pseudo-Sahrawi Republic since […]
Morocco, which has one of the largest solar parks in the world, is willing to share its expertise and know-how in renewable energy with Chad within the frame of a south-south and solidarity-based cooperation. The pledge was made lately by Moroccan Ambassador to N’Djamena, Abdellatif Erroja, during the launch ceremony of the “solar energy project […]
The presidential guard of Chad has shot at a vehicle with two French soldiers in plain clothes near the presidential palace on June 9. According to the Chadian military, the presidential guard fired because the unmarked vehicle was in a prohibited zone and because they did not know who the passengers were. The French military […]
An opposition group in Chad has accused forces aligned with rebel and retired Gen. Khalifa Haftar for the killing of its leader last week, Libya Observer reports. Republican Party said its leader Gorbal Jadi Nakour was assassinated on April 18 alongside with his body guard. Without providing evidence, the party, the Libyan media reports, has […]
The Mauritanian army Sunday said it arrested 7 drogue traffickers and seized a drogue shipment of 700kg during an operation near the Malian border. The traffickers according to the army statement, had been under the radar since April 10. The operation, a coordination between ground forces and the airpower, enabled the arrest of the seven […]