Chad on Thursday began a three-day national mourning for soldiers killed in recent terrorist attacks in the Lake Chad region. Twenty-three soldiers were killed and 26 others injured on Monday in an assault by Boko Haram militants on the Barka Tolorom island military base in the region. LateContinue Reading
At least eight Boko Haram militants were killed after Chadian security forces repelled a coordinated attack in the Lake Chad region, President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno said on Tuesday. The militants launched the assault late Monday on an advanced position of Chad’s Defense and Security Forces, but the “valiantContinue Reading
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced on Saturday that they had taken control of the strategic border town of Al-Tina in western Sudan. The RSF said in a press statement that they had established “full control” over the town, pledging to protect civilians, secure key facilities, facilitate theContinue Reading
The Ministry expressed its sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims, and to the government and people of Chad, as well as its wishes for a speedy recovery for all the injured in this heinous attack The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms theContinue Reading
Some Chadian soldiers were killed and others injured after clashes with Sudanese paramilitary forces along the border of the eastern part of the country, Chad’s Minister of Communication and Government Spokesman Gassim Cherif Mahamat said on Friday. “A few days ago, there was an incursion by one of theContinue Reading
Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Ahmed Salih exchanged views on Friday on the situation of refugees in Chad. In a statement, the Chadian presidency said Mahamat Deby expressed concern that insufficient funding was placing Chad under an unsustainable financial andContinue Reading
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya announced on Tuesday that it facilitated a humanitarian return flight, repatriating 160 migrants from Libya to Chad. In a statement on its official Facebook page, the IOM said that all the migrants received protection and assistance throughout the process, including identityContinue Reading
