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Chad

  • French and Chad military participate in a flag ceremony to commemorate the launch of Operation Barkhane. Credit: U.S. Army Africa photos by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Martin S. Bonner.
    ChadEditor's PicksPolitics

    Chad: France firmly backs continuity, but will the people?

    By Kyrre Berland & Chris Brew
    April 28, 2021
    The late Idriss Déby was an expert at balancing relationships to maintain power. His son retains France’s support, but the rest may prove trickier. ...
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    Chad: The bed Déby made

    By Helga Dickow
    April 22, 2021
    Dying on the frontlines after three decades in power, Idriss Déby leaves behind fractured politics, poverty, and a rebel group on the march. The ...
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  • elections: President Idriss Déby of Chad has been in power since 1990. Credit: Paul Kagame.
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    Chad elections: President Déby seeks a sixth term in a region for old men

    By David Kode
    April 7, 2021
    Central Africa boasts many of the world’s longest-standing authoritarian rulers. But protests are growing. In a familiar pattern than continues to be repeated, President ...
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  • Chad shutdown: The social media ban has made it harder for people in Chad to organise demonstrations. Credit: afcone.
    ChadPoliticsTop story

    Chad social media ban reaches one-year mark

    By Samuel Woodhams
    March 28, 2019
    Why have Chad’s internet restrictions, which started amid anti-regime protests a year ago today, endured for so long? A year ago today, on 28 ...
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  • France Chad: French and Chad military participate in ceremony to commemorate launch of Operation Barkhane. Credit: Chief Warrant Officer 3 Martin S. Bonner.
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    Airstrikes and “stability”: What’s the French army doing in Chad?

    By Marielle Debos
    February 14, 2019
    France is in Chad to support the “war on terror”, yet the its most recent targets have all been political rebels. Between 3 and ...
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  • Millions of people have been displaced by Boko Haram, and more are facing food insecurity. Credit: Espen Røst/Bistandsaktuelt.
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    “We lose entire communities in the blink of an eye and people do not seem to look.”

    By Hilary Matfess
    September 26, 2017
    The crisis in Lake Chad Basin is one of the most desperate, and neglected, in the world. It may not get the same level ...
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    AlgeriaCameroonChadCongo-BrazzavilleEconomyGabonSenegal

    Montreal: the latest hotspot for Africa’s rulers to keep their wealth?

    By Emmanuel Freudenthal & Hugo Joncas
    June 3, 2017
    A new African Arguments investigation has found that politically-exposed African nationals hold Canadian real estate worth several millions of dollars. The study, conducted in ...
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    Photo of the Week: The shifting sands of Chad

    By Arnaud Kara
    May 26, 2017
    A sandstorm on the banks of the Chari river in Chad. Photograph taken by Arnauld Kara. For more on Chad, see: The Habré trial: ...
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    ChadPolitics

    The Habré trial: The future for African justice?

    By Celeste Hicks
    May 2, 2017
    The trial of Chad’s former president is finally over, but its significance for Africa may have just begun. The decision by the Appeals Chamber ...
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  • ChadPolitics

    “The president is not an untouchable god”: Chad’s Hissène Habré sentenced to life

    By Celeste Hicks
    May 31, 2016
    Whether or not the template can be replicated, the symbolism of Chadian lawyers representing Chadian victims on African soil in this historic case will live ...
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