Chad ruling party wins parliamentary majority, provisional results show
N’Djamena, Chad Reuters Chad’s ruling party won two-thirds of the seats in the legislative election which was boycotted by many in the opposition last month, provisional results showed on Sunday, reinforcing President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s hold on power. Results of the 29th December election seal the oil-producing Central African nation’s transition to constitutional rule more […]
Chad investigates foiled attempt to storm presidential compound
N’Djamena, Chad Reuters A foiled attack on Chad’s presidential compound overnight was carried out by a group of two dozen armed “ill-intentioned individuals” who were neutralised by security forces, the public prosecutor said on Thursday, though details of the incident remained unclear. Bursts of gunfire rang out near the president’s office in the capital N’Djamena […]
Chad says military foiled “destabilisation attempt”
N’Djamena, Chad Reuters Chad’s government said security forces had foiled an attempt to destabilise the country on Wednesday evening, after bursts of gunfire rang out near the President’s office in the capital N’Djamena and the military blocked the surrounding streets. In a video shot at the presidential headquarters, government spokesperson Abderaman Koulamallah said the situation […]
Sudan extends opening of Adre crossing for aid delivery
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Sudan’s sovereign council said on Wednesday it would extend the use of the Adre border crossing with Chad, seen as essential by aid agencies for the delivery of food and other supplies to areas at risk of famine in the Darfur and Kordofan regions. Experts determined earlier this year that […]
Fifteen Chad soldiers killed in operation against Boko Haram, army says
N’Djamena, Chad Reuters At least 15 Chadian soldiers were killed and 32 others wounded in clashes between the army and Boko Haram fighters on Saturday, the army’s spokesman said, adding that 96 Boko Haram members were also killed. General Issakh Acheikh on Sunday did not say where the operation took place or provide any details […]
Monsoon havoc exposes West and Central Africa’s rising flood risks
N’Djamena, Chad Reuters Father-of-seven Dah Toubada Kadapia stood on a stack of homemade sandbags in his backyard in Chad’s capital N’Djamena, surrounded by floodwaters that locals say have risen higher than past years, causing more damage than ever. Over the last few months, heavy rains have flooded every one of Chad’s 23 provinces, burst a […]
Extreme heat: From the Philippines to Mali, countries struggle to count heat deaths
MARIEJO RAMOS, ANASTASIA MOLONEY and, ANNIE BANERJI, of Context, report that while heat-related deaths are rising amid climate change, many countries struggle to collect the data…
UN food supplies into Sudan’s famine-threatened Darfur stranded
Geneva, Switzerland/Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters A key supply route into Sudan’s Darfur region, deemed at risk of famine by experts, has been cut off due to heavy rains, a World Food Programme official said on Thursday while another UN official said refugees had been driven to eating grass. WFP’s Country Director Eddie Rowe told […]
Kenyan police to arrive in Haiti this week, US State Department says
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters The first Kenyan police officers assigned to tackle rampant gang violence in Haiti are leaving Kenya on Tuesday and are set to arrive this week, the US State Department said on Monday. “We hope to see further measurable improvements in security, particularly with respect to access to humanitarian aid and core economic […]
Essay: The children of Sudan have been forgotten
EDGAR SANDOVAL, SR, president and CEO of World Vision US, says the details of the crisis are horrifying…