Tag: Chad
Celebrate Mother’s Day by upping your gift game this year
NEW YORK — Mother's Day is here again and, yes, we're still in a pandemic. Keep those handmade cards, bouquets or breakfasts in bed...
EXPLAINER: The potential risks of political crisis in Chad
DAKAR, Senegal — The killing of President Idriss Deby Itno has left his son in charge of Chad, the first change of power in...
Thousands demonstrate in Chad against military transition
N'DJAMENA, Chad — Thousands of people protested and two people were killed in Chad Tuesday in demonstrations against the rule of a transitional military...
Chad military council: No talks with rebels who killed Deby
N'DJAMENA, Chad — Chad's military transitional government said Sunday it would not negotiate with the rebels blamed for killing the country's president of three...
Chad holds funeral for late president amid rebel threat
N'DJAMENA, Chad — Chad’s slain President Idriss Deby Itno is being buried Friday near his hometown after a state funeral in the capital, N’Djamena....
Chadian opposition decries Deby’s son as interim leader
N'DJAMENA, Chad — Chad’s political opposition is saying the country suffered a “coup d'etat” when power was handed to Mahamat Idriss Deby, arguing that...
Chad rebels threaten to depose slain president’s son
N'DJAMENA, Chad — Rebels in Chad threatened to depose the son of the country's slain president after he was named interim leader of the...
Chad president Deby dies in battle at 68 after 3-decade rule
N'DJAMENA, Chad — President Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled Chad for more than 30 years and became an important ally to Western nations in...
Chad’s army says 300 rebels killed as capital is on alert
N'DJAMENA, Chad — Chad's military claimed that it has killed some 300 rebels advancing on the capital, N'Djamena, as the government on Monday deployed...
Chadian military says advancing rebel column ‘decimated’
N'DJAMENA, Chad — The Chadian military said it had halted an advance by rebels coming from neighboring Libya, but the rebel group said Sunday...