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Chad’s soldiers sent to Mali for peace keeping operation return home

Chad’s transitional leader Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno welcomed home earlier this week the country’s contingent that operated in Mali under the UN peace keeping Mission known as MINUSMA for 10 ten years. The Chadian leader congratulated the soldiers and paid tribute to those lost during the counter-terrorism and peace keeping Mission in northern Mali, especially […]

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Hungarian top diplomat to visit Chad next month with agreements in pipeline

Peter Szijjarto, Hungary’s Foreign minister, is expected to visit Chad from December 07 and will ink cooperation deals with his Chadian counterpart KASSIRÉ Isabelle Housna, local media ‘Alwihda Info’ reports citing the Foreign ministry of the African country. Laszlo Mathé, the European country’s ambassador to Chad informed Housna about Szijjarto’s future visit, on Monday November […]

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Cameroon kickstarts power interconnection project with Chad

Cameroonian authorities launched Tuesday November 21 Cameroon-Chad Interconnection Project, a bilateral high-voltage (HV) interconnection project between the two countries that involves 1.556 km of new transmission lines financed by the World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the tune of $750 million. Gaston Eloundou Essomba, Cameroon’s minister of Energy launched the interconnection project […]

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Chad approves establishment of independent anti-corruption watchdog

The Chadian Parliament Thursday November 16 voted largely for the creation of an independent anti-corruption Agency to curb the phenomenon that the lawmakers argue has deteriorated the climate of business. Ramatou Mahamat Houtouin, the Secretary General of government presented the government proposal before the Parliament. 145 lawmakers voted in favor of the proposal while three […]

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Africa’s growing diplomatic backlash against ‘Israeli apartheid’ amid US’ Gaza-Ukraine hypocrisy

South Africa’s top diplomat has called on Israel to stop “this real crime against humanity” unfolding in Gaza, pointing to “very clear similarities” between Israel’s occupation and the system of apartheid in her country, just as experts highlight the hypocrisy in the largely failed push by the United States to cajole African governments into taking […]

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Russia opens first Cultural center in Chad

Russia’s ambassador to Chad Vladimir Sokolenko inaugurated over the weekend the first Russian Cultural center in the central African country to bolster ties between the two countries. Named “Russkiy Dom” the culture center located in capital N’djamena is an initiative of Chadian alumni of Russian universities. It seeks to be a dynamic place for social […]

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Hungarian legislature green-lights deployment of troops to Chad

Hungary will send up to 400 troops to Chad to protect the interests of the European country and assist international forces in the region in the fight against terrorism. The decision was validated by the parliament on Monday November 6. The troops will arrive as late as December 31, Alwihda Info reports, citing local Hungarian […]

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Chad’s capital N’Djamena hosting Central Africa Business Energy Forum Nov.8-10

Chad’s capital N’djamena is hosting, this November 8 to 10, the third regional energy gathering known as Central Africa Business Energy Forum (CABEF). The event is held under the theme: “Capitalize on energy infrastructure investment opportunities in Central Africa and ensure energy security in the sub-region through public-private partnerships.” The forum aims to unite Central […]

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Chad: New airline to operate domestic flights

Brahim Guihini Dadi, former boss of Chad’s Civil Aviation Authority (ADAC), has launched Royal Airways, a private airline to provide domestic flights, connecting the central African country’s cities. The new airliner’s hub is located at N’Djamena Hassan Djamous international airport. The company broke down its strategy into four phases including the establishment of a network […]

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Chad at crossroads: mass opposition arrests show closing political space ahead of referendum

Despite the upcoming referendum in Chad, the opposition in the landlocked Sahelian country still faces arrest, intimidation, and threats even one year from the bloody repression of protest against military rule. Following the death of Chad’s long-time leader Idriss Déby Itno in April 2021, his son, young and at that time three-star general, Mahamat Idriss […]