Foreign

National Dialogue: Chad invites armed groups to participate in talks

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2021 0

On Tuesday, Chad’s interim president welcomed armed opposition organizations to take part in a national dialogue to determine the country’s future, reversing prior assertions that the administration would not speak with rebels. The Transitional Military Council (CMT), led by Mahamat

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Chad holds funeral for slain President Idriss Deby, French President, Other Dignitaries Attend

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2021 0

Thousands of people have gathered in Ndjamena, Chad’s capital, to pay their respects to late President Idriss Deby, who was killed while leading his troops against a rebel offensive on Monday. Despite rebel warnings that they could not attend for security reasons, French President Emmanuel Macron, Guinean President Alpha Conde, and several other African leaders […]

World

Election to hold 18 months after president’s death, says Chadian Army

Ihesiulo Grace 20 April 2021 0

After longtime President Idriss Deby Itno died on Tuesday, Chad’s army dissolved the government and parliament, promising “free and fair” elections after an 18-month transition period. Following the death of the leader who had dominated the country with an iron fist for three decades, the army declared that one of Deby’s sons would take his […]

Headlines

Chadian President, Idriss Deby dies of injuries suffered on frontline

Ihesiulo Grace 20 April 2021 0

After 31 years in power, Chadian President Idriss Deby, who was elected for a sixth term on Monday, died of injuries sustained on the battlefield, according to an Army spokesman. Deby had gone to see troops fighting insurgents, according to an Army spokesperson. The announcement came a day after Deby was declared the winner of […]

Covid-19 Foreign

Chad: Ex-president temporarily released from jail due to COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2020 0

Chad – A judge in Senegal has granted Chad’s former President Hissene Habre two months’ leave from prison, where he is serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity, as the jail is being used to hold new detainees in coronavirus quarantine. READ ALSO: 5G, God’ Generals and the Hordes of Mordor by Fani-Kayode Habre, […]

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Chad records first COVID-19 case – report

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2020 0

Chad has registered its first case of COVID-19 this Thursday, local news site Alwihda Info quoted Chadian Presidency as saying. The case is a passenger of Moroccan nationality from Douala, Cameroun. Read also: COVID-19: Lagos to shut all schools on Monday The patient is already being taken care of by the medical service, according to […]

News

Lagos infiltrated by violent mercenaries from Niger, Chad – Fani-Kayode

Ihesiulo Grace 5 February 2020 0

The former minister of aviation and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has said that Lagos state has been ‘infiltrated and occupied by violent mercenaries from Niger and Chad all claiming to be commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada and tricycles (Keke NAPEP). Fani-Kayode on his Twitter handle on Wednesday hailed the […]

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Dapchi Girls: FG extends search to Chad, Niger, Cameroon

Ihesiulo Grace 2 March 2018 0

The Nigerian government announced today that the search for the 110 schoolgirls who were abducted from the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State, has been extended to the neighbouring countries of Chad, Niger and Cameroon. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said top military and security officials on […]

World

Chad ‘doesn’t understand’ US travel ban inclusion

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2017 0

The government of Chad has said it doesn’t understand why the US has included its citizens in the latest American travel ban list. Communications Minister Madeleine Alingué urged President Trump to reconsider the decision: The Chadian government expresses its lack of understanding of official reasons behind this decision. This move contrasts with Chad’s

Africa News

Official: Chad’s foreign minister to head African Union

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2017 0

Chad’s foreign minister Moussa Faki was elected as the chairman of the African Union commission on Monday, a Chadian official told Reuters on Monday at a summit of the 54-nation body. Faki’s main rival in the last round of voting at the AU, which is based in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, was Kenyan foreign […]

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Nigeria, Chad seek $50m to save shrinking Lake Chad

Ihesiulo Grace 30 January 2017 0

Nigeria and Republic of Chad have called on the African Union (AU) and international donors to assist in raising 50 billion dollars to save the jointly owned drying Lake Chad. Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said the two countries made the call at the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the […]

Business

Chad ratifies Afreximbank establishment agreement

Ihesiulo Grace 9 January 2017 0

President Idriss Deby Itno of Chad has ratified the Agreement on the Establishment of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), concluding the formalisation of the country’s membership of the continental trade finance bank. An official message from Ngabo Seli Mbogo, Minister of Finance and Budget of Chad, transmitting the instrument of ratification to Dr. Benedict

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Chad to Receive $1.1bn Debt Relief – Finance Minister

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2015 0

Chad will receive $1.1bn in debt relief after completion of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), its finance minister said on Tuesday.   Kordje Bedoumra said in an interview that the oil-producing central African nation – one of the poorest countries on earth – had […]

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Buhari to Resume Oil Search in Chad Basin

Ihesiulo Grace 21 April 2015 0

  In line with his resolve to boost the socio-economic fortunes of the country, the President-elect, General Mu­hammadu Buhari, (retired) has declared his intention to resume oil exploration in the Chad Basin. General Buhari, who spoke on Sunday, added that his in­coming administration would also focus on bringing stabil­ity to the North East. Buhari spoke […]

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1.5 Million People Flee Homes Due to Boko Haram Violence

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2015 0

  The kidnap of more than 200 schoolgirls a year ago this week captured global attention and inspired the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls. The terrorist Group Boko Haram have killed over 20,000 people since they launched their insurgency attack on innocent people in Nigeria. Their aim is to float an Islamic caliphate and they use Islam as […]

Africa News

Chad Villagers Live in Fear after Raid

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2015 0

Almost two months after Boko Haram raided and pillaged her village in Chad, mother of seven Zara Isenik still lives in constant terror. At the slightest strange noise, she says, she “runs to hide in the bush”. The cross-border raid by the ruthless Nigerian Islamists left mental and visible physical scars on a Lake Chad […]

World

Ex-Chad Leader's Security Chiefs Jailed for Life

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2015 0

Seven of former Chadian leader Hissene Habre’s security chiefs were jailed for life Wednesday for torture and murder by a special court in the capital N’Djamena. They included the ex-head of the political police Saleh Younous and Mahamat Djibrine, who investigators said was one of the “most feared torturers” under Habre’s eight-year

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Nigerian,Niger, Chad's Defence chiefs meet in Abuja over Boko-Haram

Ihesiulo Grace 16 March 2015 0

The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh and his counter parts from Niger and Chad yesterday held a closed door meeting in Abuja over the ongoing fight against the insurgents in the country. Although, details of their discussions were not made public at the time of press yesterday, it is unconnected with […]

Africa Crime News Nigeria

One Person Killed As Boko Haram Attacks Chad

Ihesiulo Grace 16 March 2015 0

Boko Haram insurgents in the Nigeria’s north-east have attacked a village in Chad early on Sunday, killing one person, local residents said. The terror sect, which is seeking to carve an Islamist emirate out of north-eastern Nigeria, has expanded its zone of operations in recent times but attacks on Chadian territory have continued to remain […]

News

Chad Troops Withdraw From Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2015 0

Reports coming in from Reuters states that much of the Chadian force fighting Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria have withdrawn to Cameroon and is deploying further south, Chadian soldiers and a Cameroonian military official said on Thursday. According to the officials of both countries, the withdrawal by the Chadian troops signals the potential start of […]