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11 January – The French military returns control over its garrison in Abeche to Chad as part of its withdrawal from the country. [2] 30 January – The French military returns control over its last remaining garrison in Chad, the Sergent Adji Kossei air base in N’Djamena, as part of its withdrawal from the country. [3]
In October 2022, protests broke out across Chad after President Mahamat Déby declared his intentions to extend his rule by another two years instead of stepping down like he intended to when he took power. The protests were some of the most violent in the country's history, with hundreds of protesters being killed and thousands detained ...
A constitutional referendum in Chad was held on 17 December 2023 [1] [2] on a new constitution formulated following the death of President Idriss Déby in 2021. [3] The draft had been approved by the National Transitional Council on 27 June 2023. [4]
Chad will on Monday become the first of West and Central Africa's junta-ruled countries to hold a vote since a wave of coups swept over the region. Opposition groups have raised objections and ...
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) -Chadians lined up on Monday to vote three years after military leader Mahamat Idris Deby seized power, in the first presidential election in Africa's Sahel region since a wave ...
In a poll of 1,000 people residing in the 10 districts of N'Djamena conducted by the Center for Development Studies and the Prevention of Extremism, 487 of the respondents (50.94%) said they did not believe in the credibility of Chad's electoral authorities (the National Election Management Agency (ANGE) and the Constitutional Council) because ...
Chad has been in the midst of an armed conflict, with conflicting clashes and violence in Chad being very frequent. Opponents of then-president Idriss Deby had called for protests because of his undemocratic rule and dictatorship-style leadership of Chad, with human rights being a common issue and struggle for many in Chad, yet suffering high rates of unemployment and poverty and the struggles ...
By 2023, Chad had become one of few remaining French allies in the Sahel, as various other regional states had evicted long-standing French garrisons. [53] In November 2024, the Chadian government suddenly terminated the long-standing French military cooperation, with the local French forces gradually retreating from the country from December ...