Tag: Chad

Chad to deploy additional 1,000 UN peacekeepers to Mali (Al Jazeera)

Mali’s foreign affairs ministry has said that Chad planned to deploy 1,000 additional UN peacekeepers to Mali to reinforce its troops battling armed groups...

Cameroon/Chad. Climate change fuels clashes in Cameroon that force thousands to flee (Aristophane Ngargoune, UNHCR)

Under normal circumstances, small boats criss-cross the Logone River, which marks the border between Cameroon and Chad, in both directions. But over the past...

Chad. Chad to Bring Home Half of Its Troops Fighting Sahel Militants (VoA)

Chad has decided to recall half of its 1,200 troops battling Islamist militants in the tri-border area of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, a...

Chad – Post-Déby Crackdown, Abuses (HRW)

Security forces in Chad have used excessive force, including indiscriminate live ammunition, to disperse opposition-led demonstrations across the country in the aftermath of the April 11...

Chad/Central African Republic – Chad accuses CAR of killing six of its soldiers (Al Jazeera)

The Central African Republic regularly accuses its northern neighbour of supporting armed rebel groups from inside Chad Chad accuses CAR of killing six of...

Chad/Central Africa/Sahel – The death of Chadian President Idris Déby Itno threatens stability in the region (Brookings)

Alexandre Marc The sudden death on April 19, 2021 of Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno is creating a very dangerous vacuum in Central Africa and...

Chad – Déby’s Dead. What’s Next for Chad and the Sahel? (CSIS)

Judd Devermont Chadian president Idriss Déby Itno, who grabbed power in 1990 in a rebellion, died this past weekend from wounds incurred during a battle...

(Niger/Chad) Niger body urges independent probe into ‘rapes’ by Chadian troops (Al Jazeera)

Human rights commission calls for inquiry after allegations soldiers deployed to help fight armed groups raped several women, as well as an 11-year-old girl. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/3/rights-group-accuses-chadian-soldiers-of-raping-women-in-niger

(Chad/Refugee Rights) Chad Adopts Law Protecting Refugee Rights (Mary Rizk, Human Rights Pulse)

On 23 December 2020, Chad adopted its first asylum law to protect the almost 500,000 refugees living in the country. The new law guarantees refugees’ right to...