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Chad

World news about “Chad” published by euronews.

  • Coup attempt foiled in Chad

    Security forces in Chad have announced they have foiled an attempted coup against the government which they claim had been in preparation for several… 02/05/2013

  • Al Qaeda commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar reportedly killed in Mali

    Another al Qaeda commander may have been killed in Mali. This time it is believed the dead militant is Mokhtar Belmokhtar. Soldiers from Chad are said… 02/03/2013

  • Chad-France orphan fraud case opens

    Aid workers from the French charity Zoe’s Ark have gone on trial in Paris, accused of fraud. They were arrested in Chad, central Africa, in October 2007, in… 03/12/2012

  • Chad refugees still stranded in Libya

    Hundreds of workers from Chad are still stranded in Libya. When the fighting started, their impoverished government was unable to evacuate them. They fled… 05/04/2011

  • ICJ: Senegal must prosecute Habre or extradite him

    A possible trial for the man dubbed the ‘African Pinochet’ has moved a step closer. Hissene Habre, the former president of Chad is wanted in Belgium on… 21/07/2012

  • UN warns of impending famine in Chad

    The United Nations is predicting a widespread famine across Sub-Saharan Africa if there’s no increase in humanitarian aid. Officials say drought, together… 25/04/2012

  • ICJ hears extradition request for Habre

    The International Court of Justice in the Hague, on Monday, began hearing an extradition request for Hissen Habre, the former President of Chad. Lawyers are… 12/03/2012

  • Poor turn-out in Chad election

    People in Chad are voting in an election which is almost certain to result in a fourth term in office for President Idriss Déby. Opposition parties are… 26/04/2011

  • Un Homme Qui Crie goes on general release

    Un Homme Qui Crie, A Screaming Man, which won the Jury prize at Cannes has just opened in cinemas in France and Belgium. 06/10/2010

  • Sudan & Chad announce end to proxy war

    On a surprise visit to Khartoum Chad’s President Idriss Deby has met with Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for a joint announcement by the two men that… 10/02/2010

  • EUFOR: European troops at the heart of an African conflict

    European troops are at the heart of the peacekeeping operation to protect Darfur refugees in Chad. Now though after a year-long mandate to control the… 30/04/2009

  • EU Chad force to don blue helmets

    Some 2,000 European Union soldiers currently shouldering peacekeeping duties in Chad will transfer to a United Nations force. A roughly 5,000-strong … 13/03/2009

  • EUFOR in Chad

    There has been a mission of European troops deployed since March to keep the peace in a forgotten region of Africa. EUFOR is operating in the east of Chad… 11/12/2008


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