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CHAD: NGOs scale back as security deteriorates
N'DJAMENA, 21 December 2009 - As the security situation continues to deteriorate in eastern Chad, some NGOs are scaling back and cutting services due to the risk of kidnapping. Comment?
Chadian foreign minister to visit Sudan on Wednesday
... the two countries. Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat will purse talks with Sudanese on the issue of the Chadian rebels that Chad want to see expelled from Sudan or at least kept far from the border area. Ghazi Salah Al-Deen was in Ndjamena on October 10 ... Comment?
Latest Travel Warnings in lateA 2009
... NGOs and other organizations active in the region, regardless of location, may also be particularly targeted. Chad (11/23): Violent crime is escalating in eastern Chad near the Sudan and CAR borders, and the level of violence is increasing. ... Comment?
MCA Forms New Committee Headed By Dr Chua
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 -- MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat Monday announced the formation of a Party Affairs Management Committee for the smooth running of its administration machinery. Comment?
... 10:00 on Sunday, according to the newspaper's lawyer Jean-Bernard Padare. Ebode, who is Cameroonian, was thrown out of Chad in October, officially for visa irregularities, but had returned to Ndjamena around two weeks ago, Padare said. "The head of ... Comment?
MCA warring factions should have worked together, says Ti
KUALA LUMPUR: MCAa s warring factions should have worked together in unison, quietly ironing out differences and agreeing to the approaches towards fresh elections without compromising or breaching the sanctity and supremacy of the party constitution, says MCA Central Committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker. Comment?
MCA Warring Factions Should Have Worked Together, Says CC Member
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 -- MCA's warring factions should have worked together in unison, quietly ironing out differences and agreeing to the approaches towards fresh elections without compromising or breaching the sanctity and supremacy of the party constitution, says MCA Central Committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker. Comment?
Chadian rebels accused of intimidating civilians in North Darfur
Chadian rebels are accused of looting livestock and intimidating civilians in North Darfur state after being deployed by the Sudanese government in one of the state locations. Comment?
Critics bristle at UN force in Chad, CAR
N'Djamena: Under-manned, ill-equipped and rarely seen in the streets: critics say the UN force in Chad and Central African Republic is failing in its duty to protect aid workers and refugees in the troubled region. Comment?
By Patrick Fort Ndjamena - Under-manned, ill-equipped and rarely seen on the streets: critics say the UN force in Chad and Central African Republic is failing in its duty to protect aid workers and refugees in the troubled region. Comment?
Ex-Gitmo detainee struggles to build life in Chad
A former detainee who spent his teenage years at Guantanamo Bay said Thursday he is struggling to build a life in his parents' native Chad, a central African nation he had never seen before his release from the U.S. military prison earlier this year. Comment?
Former Guantanamo detainee, raised in Saudi Arabia, struggles to build new life in Chad
A former detainee who spent his teenage years at Guantanamo Bay said Thursday he is struggling to build a life in his parents' native Chad, a central African nation he had never seen before his release from the U.S. military prison earlier this year. Comment?
Aid chiefs fear Chad-Darfur kidnap 'trend'
Brazen kidnapping raids targeting aid workers in Chad and Darfur have set UN officials and aid groups on edge, fuelling fears of a violent new trend that could hobble relief work in the lawless area. Comment?
Liow and 12 others submit resignation letters to MCA sec-gen
KUALA LUMPUR: Thirteen elected MCA central committee members, including vice-presidents Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and Tan Kok Hong have submitted their undated resignation letters to party secretary-general Senator Datuk Wong Foon Meng. Comment?
Sudan says not involved in abduction of French aid workers
The Sudanese government rejected today Chadian accusations of being behind the kidnapping of three French aid workers in Western Sudan and eastern Chad. Comment?
Chad calls in planes during gun battle
... on Tuesday. "The fighting was very brief. Airplanes came in support of our men on the ground," said Mahamat Hissene, Chad's information minister, when asked about fighting that took place on Sunday and Monday near the towns of Ade and Tissi, in ... Comment?
Sudan rejects Chad accusations over abduction
... to sow disorder among us," General Oki Dagache, the representative of President Idriss Deby to the UN mission in Chad, told AFP in Ndjamena. "They are against the deployment of the UN and humanitarian workers here," he said. A French agronomist ... Comment?
Chad forces 'bomb rebel fighters'
... troops are likely to be an attempt by the rebels to show the country that they are still a significant force. Chad has suffered from rebellions by several armed groups for more than a decade. The government claims Sudan backs and arms the militants ... Comment?
KUALA LUMPUR: Fresh polls may not take place in MCA as many central committee members are reluctant to quit. Comment?
Disgraced major held for killing girl
... of a schoolgirl. Major Niranjan Basnet, expelled from the UN Peacekeeping Forces in the Central African Republic of Chad after being exposed as facing criminal charges for the killing of 15-year-old Maina Sunuwar five years ago, was arrested at the ... Comment?