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Sahel: Chad’s human rights commission puts death toll in last year’s protests to 128

A total of 128 people died in the violent repression of opposition protests in Chad last year, the country's human rights commission (CNDH) said Thursday, decrying "human rights violations". Opposition groups called the demonstrations, in the capital N'Djamena and...

Sahel: Opposition parties in Chad allowed to resume activity

Chad has lifted the suspension of political activities by several opposition parties imposed following a violent crackdown on demonstrations three months ago, a government official told AFP on Saturday. The ruling military suspended the parties after a deadly...

Sahel: The dreadful Koro Toro prison and the brutality of the Chadian regime

By Ali Abba Kaya with Laura Diab and Thomas Gropallo in Libreville: Dehydrated and whipped by scorching winds as their crowded truck snaked through the dunes, some drank urine to survive, while those who died were tossed into the Chadian desert. After being rounded up...

Sahel: Regime in Chad said it thwarted a coup

The government in Chad said Thursday that it had foiled an "attempted destabilisation" plot by army officers and a prominent human rights activist. A group of 11 officers, led by Baradine Berdei Targuio, president of the Chadian Organisation of Human Rights, were...

Sahel: Despite closing its borders, Chad sees hundreds of Sudanese soldiers flee into its territory

Sahel: Despite closing its borders, Chad sees hundreds of Sudanese soldiers flee into its territory

Apr 19, 2023

Around 320 Sudanese soldiers have fled the fighting raging in their country to neighbouring Chad, the country's...

Sahel: Crisis in Sudan forces Chad to close border

Apr 17, 2023

Chad's government announced Saturday it was closing its border with Sudan after battles erupted between rival military...

Sahel’s children are facing extreme dangers, desperately need humanitarian help

Sahel’s children are facing extreme dangers, desperately need humanitarian help

Mar 17, 2023

By Robin Millard: Ten million children in west Africa's central Sahel region are now in "extreme jeopardy" and...

French military presence in Africa unlikely to change post 2017 presidential elections

French military presence in Africa unlikely to change post 2017 presidential elections

Jan 3, 2017

January 2017: Despite a deadly year of terror in France, partly tied to the country’s involvement in major conflict...

Lack of Coordination and Panic Compromise the African Military Coalition Fighting Boko Haram

Lack of Coordination and Panic Compromise the African Military Coalition Fighting Boko Haram

Mar 10, 2015

Government Troops battling Boko Haram in West, Central Africa and in the Sahel appear poorly equipped and badly...

Can the Chad Reach and Maintain Regional Leadership?

Can the Chad Reach and Maintain Regional Leadership?

Mar 10, 2015

The country of Chad does not want to be called “the Dead Heart of Africa” anymore. Although it is one of the world’s...

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