The Latest Breaking News from Chad

Splits within the armed group have led to factions setting up bases across northern Nigeria and the Lake Chad region.

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Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum was detained and deposed on 26 July by his military guard under the command of General Abdourahamane Tchiani.

Civil unrest in Libya has seen ​​rival leaders forge alliances with rebel factions in neighbouring Chad and Sudan.

Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, the former finance minister installed as prime minister by Niger's military junta, says the country is in transition and will insist on its independence. He was speaking on a visit to Chad, where he met the president.

On today’s show we bring you the latest from Niger. The military-appointed prime minister made an unannounced visit to neighbouring Chad for ‘a working visit’. This as junta said that it was open to talks to resolve the regional crisis. Ecowas’ military chiefs meanwhile will meet on Thursday to discuss…

Slightly more than two years after Niger’s first peaceful handover of power from one civilian president to another, the military seized power in July 2023. The coup – the fourth in Nigerien history – follows on the heels of recent military interventions in Africa. Mali (August 2020 and May 2021),…

A six-year-old girl, a native of Chad in Africa, whose food pipe got damaged after she accidentally consumed an acidic floor cleaning liquid, has got a new lease of life following successful treatment at a private hospital in the city.

Mohamed Bazoum, pictured with president of Chad, believed to be being held at presidential residence