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Jan
29
2023
By The African Mirror
20 die in bus/truck crash in Chad

20 die in bus/truck crash in Chad

NEWS
TWENTY people were killed night when a passenger bus in Chad crashed into a truck that was broken down on the roadway, the government said. The bus had 31 people on board and was on its way from the capital N'Djamena to the eastern city of Abeche. It crashed near the town of Oum-Hadjer, the government said. "According to the first elements of the investigation, the causes identified are the non-respect of road safety rules... excessive speed, overloading, fatigue and carelessness of the driver," it said in a statement. It followed two bad accidents involving passenger buses this month in Senegal,…
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Oct
23
2022
By The African Mirror
Relatives identify victims of Chad’s bloody protests

Relatives identify victims of Chad’s bloody protests

NEWS
MAHAMAT RAMADANE TIMOTHE Sidjim left the morgue with reddened eyes and a haggard look. He had just identified the body of his 22-year-old son, Allasem, one of at least 50 people killed in the violence that erupted as people protested against Chad's government. Hundreds took to the streets of the capital N'Djamena and other cities to demand a quicker transition to democratic rule just weeks after a military junta announced it was extending its time in power by two years. Police reacted by firing live rounds on protestors, rights groups, including Amnesty International, said. Around 300 people were wounded, the government said.…
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Oct
15
2022
By The African Mirror
Hundreds flee massive flooding in Chad capital

Hundreds flee massive flooding in Chad capital

NEWS
HUNDREDS of inhabitants of Chad's capital N'Djamena have fled their homes due to massive flooding that has hit since Thursday, leaving parts of the city navigable only by boat. "I drove the children to school this morning and on my return our house was completely flooded with river water. I don't know what to do or where to put my family," said Thomas Ngueadoum, 31. Some flood victims have left their homes on foot, carrying belongings on their heads. In one area women have built an emergency camp out of thin wooden branches and cloth to provide shelter for their…
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Sep
13
2022
By The African Mirror
Mobile school offers hope to nomad children in Chad

Mobile school offers hope to nomad children in Chad

EDUCATION
MAHAMAT RAMADANE IN a makeshift open-air classroom, dozens of children sat squeezed together on a mat and watched as their teacher chalked simple sums on a blackboard - a rare chance of education for their nomadic community in Chad. Around 7% of the central African nation's population of about 16 million are nomads, who move hundreds of kilometres from the south with their herds every year when seasonal rains turn the semi-arid central regions green with fresh pasture. This way of life is centuries-old but incompatible with Chad's formal education system. According to the Copenhagen-based International Work Group for Indigenous…
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Jul
13
2022
By The African Mirror
Chad creditors to meet this week; IMF calls on Glencore to ‘step forward’

Chad creditors to meet this week; IMF calls on Glencore to ‘step forward’

BUSINESS
ANDREA SHALAL CHAD'S official creditor committee will meet this week amid growing pressure from the International Monetary Fund and others for progress on the country's request for debt restructuring, two sources briefed on the matter said. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told Reuters the key issue was coming to an agreement with Chad's main private creditor Glencore on the country's debt restructuring needs, given a jump this year in the price of oil, a key revenue generator for it. Chad in January 2021 become the first country to request a restructuring of its $3 billion external debt under the Common…
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Sep
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Mapping the contours of Jihadist groups in the Sahel

Mapping the contours of Jihadist groups in the Sahel

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
THE Sahel region, an area covering 3 million sq km, has been a hotbed of Islamic Jihadi groups in recent years. FOLAHANMI AINA, Doctoral Candidate in Leadership Studies, King's College London Today, the region has no fewer than seven insurgent groups scattered in six countries. The area stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean and encompasses a dozen countries. These include Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal. Jihadi groups have taken advantage of a number of underlying conditions, which fuel local grievances across the Sahel. These include endemic…
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Jun
04
2021
By The African Mirror
No explosive device aboard the Air France flight from Chad

No explosive device aboard the Air France flight from Chad

NEWS
NO explosive device has been found aboard an Air France aeroplane that arrived from Chad escorted by the French army following an anonymous threat about the possible presence of such a device, Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin said in a tweet yesterday. "No explosive device has been found aboard the Air France Ndjamena-Paris plane, end of operation", Darmanin said. Air France said earlier in a statement that following the threat, Air France Flight AF865 from N'Djamena to Paris had been escorted by a French Air Force fighter plane and had landed at the Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport.
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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Chad, C.A.R call for UN probe into border incident

Chad, C.A.R call for UN probe into border incident

NEWS
CHAD and the Central African Republic (CAR) has called on the United Nations and African Union to investigate an incident at a border post in which at least six Chadian soldiers were killed by Central African troops, a joint statement said Tuesday. The incident threatens to escalate tensions between the two countries since Chad participated in African efforts to stabilise CAR in 2013, which has been wracked by rebel insurgencies ever since. "The two parties have recognised the gravity of the situation and stress the urgency of clarifying the circumstances in which this attack was carried out," the countries' foreign…
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May
13
2021
By The African Mirror
AU urges power sharing in Chad

AU urges power sharing in Chad

NEWS
MAHAMAT RAMADANE AN African Union mission has recommended that Chad's military share power with a civilian president, as one of three options towards restoring constitutional order following last month's killing of president Idriss Deby. A military council led by Deby's son Mahamat Idriss Deby seized power in April after his father was killed while visiting troops opposing a rebel insurgency. The African Union, which could suspend Chad over the military takeover, sent a fact-finding mission to develop strategies for a return to constitutional order and democratic governance. In a report, the mission recommended the AU's security council could support the…
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May
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Chad’s ‘covert coup’ and the implications for democratic governance in Africa

Chad’s ‘covert coup’ and the implications for democratic governance in Africa

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
THE recent spate of military coups in Africa, which were intended to be transitional, might instead be a risk for democracy in the long term. There might be a short term need to maintain security. But the military may not necessarily be a credible partner to build democratic governance. Military intervention could mean that people might continue to be in a state of stagnant democracy. LAURA-STELLA ENONCHONG, Senior Lecturer in Law, De Montfort University Chad is the most recent example of this. Soon after the death of President Idriss Deby, the military swiftly took over power. They immediately installed his…
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