Chad Bound

The United Nations warned Friday that up to 18 million people in the Sahel face severe food insecurity, with rations being cut due to funding shortages. The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said that conflict, the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change and rising costs were...

Hundreds of people demonstrated Saturday against France in the Chadian capital, accusing the former colonial power of supporting the country's military junta. Demonstrators in N'Djamena burned at least two French flags and vandalised several petrol stations belonging...

Chad's military government and dozens of opposition groups started peace talks on Sunday in Qatar as a first step towards ending a rebellion and holding elections. But after opening speeches, in which the country's prime minister and the head of the African Union...

By Dylan Gamba Celestin sweats profusely in the searing heat. Like dozens of other youngsters in Chad's capital N'Djamena, the scrawny 13-year-old in rags is up to his knees in mud, making clay bricks. The teenagers work on a large plot of land in the Waria district...