Chad Bound

N'Djamena, May 6, 2020 - Chad's capital N'Djamena will be isolated from the rest of the country for two weeks from Friday to stem the spread of  coronavirus, the government announced.  The central African nation, one of the world's poorest, has recorded 117...

Chad on Tuesday abolished the death penalty for terrorist activities, Justice Minister Djimet Arabi told AFP. Chad had adopted legal amendments in 2016 and abolished the death sentence, except for terrorism. "The MPs unanimously voted to abolish the death penalty for...

This is a retrospect on North Africa and the Sahel region, for the week ending 24 April.  The review, which focuses on the latest on Covid-19 in the Maghreb, Egypt and the Sahel, is presented by MEA Risk analyst Arezki Daoud.  The transcripted text is below.  You can...

By Ali Abba Kaya, Djimet Wiche, and Camille Malplat in Libreville: The deaths by apparent poisoning of 44 suspected Boko Haram jihadists in a Chad prison were shrouded in mystery on Sunday, with observers wondering whether they were murdered or had committed...