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Sahel region increasingly difficult work area for journalists: report

Paris-based media watchdog Reporters without Borders (RSF) says in its latest report that journalists are facing growing difficulties to freely cover events in the Sahel region, especially after military coups in countries like Mali and Burkina Faso.

Radio France Internationale

Chad's president signs pardon for 380 rebels sentenced to life in prison

A group of 380 rebels handed life sentences over the 2021 death of former ruler Idriss Deby Itno have been pardoned, a statement from the president's office said Saturday.

Radio France Internationale

Chad pardons 380 rebels in apparent peace gesture

Chad's interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby on Saturday pardoned 380 jailed members of an influential rebel group in an apparent bid to get it to join peace talks.

Reuters

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Chad nationalizes assets by oil giant Exxon, says government

Chad's government said it was nationalizing all assets from multinational oil giant, Exxon Mobil, including hydrocarbon and exploration permits

The Independent UK

Chad nationalises former ExxonMobil firm after disputed sale

N'Djamena (AFP) - Chad has announced it has nationalised a former subsidiary of US oil and gas giant ExxonMobil, whose sale to a British company last year it had contested.

AFP

Chad sentences 441 rebels to life in prison over ex-president Deby's death

A court in Chad sentenced more than 400 rebels to life in prison on Tuesday over the death of former president Idriss Deby, who was killed on the frontline of a battle against their group in 2021, their lawyer said.

Reuters

The Lake Chad Basin is a security nightmare. 5 guidelines for finding solutions

It is now 14 years since Boko Haram and other armed groups began to operate in the Lake Chad Basin. The region, which includes Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon, has become unstable and the people who live there are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.

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24-year-old with supercar and millions in the bank says he isnt materialistic

Dominik says he will use some of his money to start a charitable foundation in Chad

Wales Online

Mass trial starts in Chad over former ruler Deby's death

Authorities in Chad have started the mass trial of hundreds of alleged rebels accused of killing longtime President Idriss Deby Itno

The Independent UK

Islamist terrorism is rising in the Sahel, but not in Chad – what's different?

Since the rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria and the emergence of Islamist-Salafist groups in northern Mali in 2013, the Sahel has increasingly been caught in the maelstrom of Islamist terrorism.

The Conversation

Mass trial opens in Chad over ex-president Idriss Déby's death

The trial of hundreds of alleged rebels accused of assassinating former Chadian president Idriss Déby Itno has got underway in a special court located at a prison outside the capital, N'Djaména. It is the latest mass trial instigated by the transitional government, which has faced opposition from protesters and from…

Radio France Internationale

Israel to Chad: need to curb Iran, Hezbollah clout in Sahel

Chadian President Mahamat Deby, in Israel to open an embassy on Thursday, heard his hosts' concern about what they described as the clout of their arch-foes Iran and Hezbollah in Africa's Sahel region.

Reuters

African state Chad to open embassy in Israel

Israel's prime minister's office says Chad will open an embassy in Israel, four years after the countries restored diplomatic relations

The Independent UK

Chad to open embassy in Israel on Thursday: Israeli PM Netanyahu

Israel and Chad resumed ties in 2018 following a visit to Jerusalem by then-President Idriss Deby to PM Netanyahu.

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Chad to open embassy in Israel five years after renewing ties

Chadian President Mahamat Deby said he would inaugurate an embassy in Israel on Thursday that would build on bilateral relations that were established five years ago.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan, Chad Agree on Combating Extremism, Protecting the Displaced

Head of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan held bilateral talks on Sunday with Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby in the capital of Chad, N'Djamena. They discussed the updates in Libya and Central Africa. Burhan was accompanied by acting Foreign Minister Ali al-Sadiq, chief of General Intelligence Ahmed…

AFP

$500 mn pledged for jihadist-torn Lake Chad

Niamey (AFP) - States in western Africa's Lake Chad region and international donors have pledged more than $500 million to help civilians threatened by jihadist insurgents and climate change, the organisers said on Friday.

Reuters

Twenty killed in bus crash in Chad

Twenty people were killed on Thursday night when a passenger bus in Chad crashed into a truck that was broken down on the roadway, the government said on Friday.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Underscores Principles of Dialogue, Coexistence

The Saudi government reiterated on Tuesday the Kingdom’s stance that calls for spreading the principles of dialogue, tolerance and coexistence and shunning hatred and extremism. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz chaired the cabinet meeting that was held in Riyadh. The ministers reviewed the latest regional…

France 24

Tackling climate change: 'African leaders are talking and not acting'

Developing nations bear the brunt of the climate crisis, even though they have the world's smallest carbon footprints. This is all the more consequential for indigenous populations, which often have more direct reliance on the natural environment. But are global leaders doing enough to alleviate the effects of climate change?…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia, Chad Sign MoU in Defense Cooperation

Saudi Arabia and Chad signed on Monday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in defense cooperation. The agreement was signed by Saudi Assistant Minister of Defense for Executive Affairs Dr. Khaled bin Hussein Al-Bayari and Chad’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Chadians Abroad Mahamat Saleh Annadif during…

Radio France Internationale

HRW slams Chadian forces over rights violations during anti-government protests

The NGO Human Rights Watch has denounced murders, deaths in custody, enforced disappearances, and acts of torture linked to the clampdown against anti-governments demonstrations by the authorities in October.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Crown Prince Receives Message from President of Chad

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, received on Sunday a message from Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno. The message tackled the bilateral relations that bind their countries and peoples and ways to bolster joint cooperation. The message was received by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan…

Al Jazeera

Khurram Pervez: Jailed Kashmir activist awarded top rights prize

Three campaigners from Kashmir, Chad, and Venezuela win the Martin Ennals Award with the jury hailing their ‘courage’.

The Independent UK

Report: Climate change fueling conflict in Lake Chad Basin

Droughts, flooding and a shrinking Lake Chad caused in part by climate change is fueling conflict and migration in the region and needs to be better addressed, a report said Thursday

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