Chad, Africa

In an exclusive IRIN interview, Chad's foreign minister Ahmat Allam-mi warns of a “catastrophic situation” in Central Africa unless the international...

With a massive aid operation under way in the east of Chad, where armed conflict has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, little attention is...

Guy, a 22-year-old student at Lycee Félix Eboue in the Chad capital, N’djamena, claims he was one of the few who managed to get away from a campaign...

A new European Union force and UN mission set to deploy in Chad are mandated to protect aid groups assisting hundreds of thousands of people, amid...

A UN programme to demobilise hundreds of child soldiers in Chad has been on hold since November following the resurgence of fighting between the...

A Chadian court today sentenced six French aid workers to eight years of hard labour for their role in a plot to kidnap 103 African children and fly...

The number of casualties in the latest fighting between the government and rebels in eastern Chad has been so high that the International Committee...

Aid organisations are struggling to provide assistance to around half a million people in the east of Chad at a time when numerous rebel groups are...

The Chadian military is reportedly recruiting young men by force, possibly including children, to help stem losses from recent fighting with rebels...

A recent outbreak of fierce fighting between the Chadian armed forces and armed opposition groups in the eastern part of the country has...