Chad

  • An attack on Chad’s presidential palace leaves 19 people dead.

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    Chadian President Mahamat Deby Itno was inside the palace when the attack occurred. /AFP/Getty Images   Story by Associated Press Published 12:15 PM ET, Thursday January 11, 2025 N’Djamena (AP) —  An attack on Chad’s presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and ...
  • Africa grapples with forecasting challenge as weather disasters loom

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    Flooding in N’Djamena, Chad Published 12:28 PM ET, Friday November 15, 2024 N’Djamena: At Chad’s National Meteorological Agency, the hygrothermograph, which gauges humidity, is broken. It’s amongst other pieces of dust-blown equipment meant to help the agency track weather patterns. Much of Africa is in a similar situation, lacking reliable ...
  • 17 Chadian soldiers and 96 rebels killed in a Boko Haram attack

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    Chad’s military often faces attacks in the border area to Nigeria Published 9:10 AM EST, Monday November 11, 2024 | N’DJAMENA: Boko Haram insurgents killed 17 Chadian soldiers in a weekend attack on a military post that also left 96 of the assailants dead in the country’s west, Chad’s army ...
  • At least 40 soldiers killed in an attack on military base: Chad president

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    Story by Reuters October 29, 2024 | 11:00 AM ET | Unidentified assailants killed at least 40 soldiers during an overnight attack on a military base in the country’s west, Chad’s presidency said Monday. President Mahamat Deby Itno visited the base in Barkaram, an island in Chad’s Lake region, early ...