Chadian lawmakers on Monday April 30 passed a controversial change to the country’s Constitution
The scandal led to the resignation of Oxfam’s deputy head and has thrown into question government funding of roughly £32 million for the charity
The Rwandan model can’t be replicated easily given that it depends heavily on political dominance and tight, centralised control of patronage networks
Six black rhino, who are listed as critically endangered, will be moved to Chad in 2018.
Critics argues that a controversial referendum is the first step towards abolishing term limits
Of the 186 countries assessed in a recent survey of climate vulnerability, Chad was rated most in peril.
Closer collaboration between the AU and the UN in peacekeeping operations is a critical issue.
One of the reasons for Francophone Africa’s mass migration to France is leaders who refuse to go.
The trial and judgment on the continent has been hailed by the United Nations, Human Rights Watch and other countries and organisations.
Hunger was a much bigger killer of prisoners under the regime of Chadian ex-dictator Hissene Habre than torture, his war crimes tribunal heard.
In a landmark case, the country’s ex-ruler, Hissène Habré, is being tried in Senegal for human rights abuses.
Police in Chad have threatened to arrest anyone wearing a full-face veil, a day after a bombing carried out by a terrorist disguised as a woman.
This month will finally see former Chad dictator Hissène Habré brought to trial for crimes against humanity.
The M&G’s Lauren Clifford-Holmes reflects on her trip to Chad where she visited refugee camps filled with families trying to escape Boko Haram.
Four African armies, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger are currently on the ground directly engaged in the fight against Boko Haram.
Chad has followed the likes of Uganda in outlawing homosexuality in a recent wave of homophobia on the African continent.
Chad has been hit by a refugee influx from Darfur and Central African Republic as well as the return of its citizens expelled from Libya.
The detention of the Chadian dictator is thanks in part to the body’s insistence that Senegal try him.
Chad has arrested a group of people for conspiring in what the government describes as a "destabilisation plot".
Chad’s leader says President Jacob Zuma has pledged that South African troops will pull out of the Central African Republic.
A French former fireman and a circus performer have been sentenced to two years in prison for attempting to smuggle 103 children out of Chad.
Aid agencies say they are facing a multimillion-dollar funding shortage to deal with a food crisis in the Sahel in northern Africa.
The UN’s highest court is preparing to decide whether Chad’s former dictator Hissene Habre can be prosecuted for crimes against humanity and torture.
But experts warn that drugs alone will not win it, after the pharmaceutical giants agree to work together on an ambitious project.
Voters in Chad have gone to the polls for the first local elections in the country’s history, after the ballot had been rescheduled several times.
The main opposition parties in Chad say they will present a united front against President Déby Itno’s Patriotic Salvation Movement in Parliament.
A former rebel leader who laid down arms has been arrested after returning to Chad despite President Idriss Déby Itno apparently inviting him back.
Strong leadership is needed to harness Africa’s economic growth to benefit its people, former UN secretary general Kofi Annan said on Thursday.
Chad’s presidential election began on Monday with Idriss Déby Itno virtually assured of extending his 21-year-rule as his rivals boycotted the poll.
Chad voters go to the polls on Monday for a presidential ballot with incumbent Idriss Déby Itno all but guaranteed a win.
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Chad’s army says it has entered the north-west part of neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR) and pushed out a group of rebels.
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir arrived in Chad on Wednesday, his first visit to a full member state of the ICC, which wants his arrest for genocide.