Chad, Africa

(101 results)

CHAD: State of emergency extended

IRIN

Monday, November 27, 2006

The Chadian government has extended a state of emergency to six months from an initial 12 days in the midst of continuing violence that has displaced...

(22 views)

CHAD: Relief worker killed

africa » chad

IRIN

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Armed men on horseback killed a worker with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Chad’s embattled southeast and wounded another, while seven employees...

(13 views)

CHAD: Communities turn on one another

africa » chad

IRIN

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Chadian human rights groups say what began as cattle raiding has become “a veritable armed conflict” in southeastern Chad as inter-communal clashes...

(20 views)

SENEGAL: Step toward trial of ex-Chadian leader welcomed

africa » chad

IRIN

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Human rights groups have welcomed Senegal’s announcement that it will establish a commission to prepare the trial of exiled Chadian leader Hissene...

(20 views)

CHAD-GUINEA: At wet season's end, cholera returns

africa » chad

IRIN

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Cholera has surged again in Guinea since the rainy season began in June, including in the capital, Conakry, where the Health Ministry reported 626...

(18 views)

CHAD: Fighting on two fronts in chaotic east

africa » chad

IRIN

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Even as the bloody fallout from fighting between the Chad army and rebels at Am Timan in southern Chad is still being counted, new clashes have...

(16 views)

CHAD: Rebels on the rocky road to N’djamena - REVIEW

africa » chad

IRIN

Thursday, October 26, 2006

There have been at least a dozen attacks by rebels opposed to Chad’s president and skirmishes with the Chadian army in the last 12 months. After...

(15 views)

CHAD: Cholera outbreak spreads to capital

africa » chad

IRIN

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

More than 900 people have been diagnosed with cholera in Chad since April, including more than 200 in the capital N’djamena where the first case was...

(17 views)

CHAD: Janjawid attacks surge as rebels fight on

africa » chad

IRIN

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

An upswing in cross-border attacks on Chadian civilians since early October has coincided with new bouts of fighting between the Chadian army and...

(17 views)

CHAD: Darfur fighting spills over border

africa » chad

IRIN

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

For the first time, heavy fighting between Sudanese rebel groups and the government of Sudan has spilled across the border from the embattled Darfur...

(14 views)