Chad News

“She took her medications. I didn't have time to ask her questions but things are better now”

N'Djamena - One of six imprisoned members of a French charity that tried to fly 103 children from Chad to France was admitted to hospital on Sunday for an undisclosed ailment in the Chadian capital. via News24

“The CEC has decided that the presidential elections will be held on February 19 according to the country's constitution”

A U.S. service member died overnight in a northern Italian hospital, bringing to six the number killed in the crash of a U.S. Army helicopter, officials said Friday. via Turkish Daily News

Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos [official profile] praised Chadian officials, including President Idriss Deby [IRIN news profile], for their smooth handling of the situation and said that Spain ... via Jurist

Review of African Blogs, 2007-11-08 By Dibussi Tande Chika Okeke-Agulu comments on the death of pioneer Nigerian novelist Cyprian Ekwensi: I am deeply saddened by this news of the death of the pioneer Nigerian ... via WorldChanging

The kidnapping of children in Chad by machinations of a so-called French non-governmental humanitarian society called L'Arche de Zoe or Zoe's Arc is the focus of global mass media attention, particularly the ... via Iran Daily

“The first moments were very difficult, we were uncertain of what was happening”

Chadian gendarmes stand guard at one of the gates of the jail in N'Djamena on November 9, 2007. via The Epoch Times

“Poverty, conflict or whatever you want, should not be a reason to remove a [child] from his natural environment and send him away and think he is better off”

An ongoing scandal over attempts to put African childrenup for adoption overseas amid questions of where the children comefrom and whether they have families has raised a debate about child welfare in Africa. via Voice of America

Jonathan Steele: Nicolas Sarkozy may fast make a name for himself on the world stage. via Buzzle.com

“When you go to a village, sometimes there is no school. When there are schools, there are not enough teachers. When communities get together to find teachers, they have not been trained”

DAKAR, 8 November 2007 - Surrounded by the 103 African children caught up in an alleged abduction plot by a French charity, Chadian president Idriss D ©by appeared before photographers and journalists from ... via IRIN

“On Sept. 17, which is the supposed date (of the flight), there was no trace of aerial movement on this 950 meter-long strip of grass”

N'DJAMENA, Chad - French military and diplomatic officials disputed reports Thursday that at least 74 Chadian children were flown to France more than a month and a half ago without their parents' knowledge. via Athens Banner-Herald

“I can assure that this was not from Zoe's Ark. That is absolutely certain. Just one aircraft was chartered and it is the plane that is still there at Abeche”

Chad will investigate reports that 74 Chadian children were flown to France weeks ago without their parents' knowledge, a senior judicial official said Thursday.

The reports come on the heels of Chad's kidnapping charges against six French workers with the group Zoe's Ark who are accused of trying to fly 103 other children out of Chad to France. The group said the children were orphans from Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region, but the French Foreign Ministry and others have cast doubt on the claims. Read more

“Indian expertise in crude refining”

Indian investment in petroleum in the tiny West African nation of Chad would be a win-win situation for both countries, says that country's petroleum minister. via India Gazette

Dubai: Chad's president has praised the work of Dubai Cares during the visit by a delegation from the campaign to the 103 African children embroiled in an alleged case of human trafficking. via Gulfnews

Nicolas Sarkozy has intervened on behalf of the Europeans being held in Chad over an alleged kidnapping case involving the French charity Zoe's Ark. via Der Spiegel

“This failed attempt at kidnapping children will have no impact on the deployment of European forces in eastern Chad”

ABECHE, Chad - Chadians chanting "no to the slave trade, no to child trafficking" protested on Wednesday against a French group accused of trying to abduct African children as France sought ... via Reuters

The man, who died in his tent home, had been revered by some Sikhs as a holy man. via Gauntlet

“So we lost 835 elephants. Most elephants that die in Africa, the vast majority of them die prematurely at the hands of man”

Correspondent Scott Pelley goes to Africa to see firsthand the endangered elephant herds and confront the careless poachers who slaughter them for their ivory tusks. via CBS News

“Of course we condemn trafficking of children, whether in Chad or anywhere else in the world”

Authorities and civil society organisations in Spain have roundly condemned an apparent case of trafficking of children from Chad. via AllAfrica.com

“The Chadians recognise the fact that these children are in danger but they do not see the urgent need to evacuate them”

Several days after the arrest of a few French and Spanish peopleand two Chadians on charges of kidnapping 103 childrenfrom Chad, the mystery remains unresolved. via The Hindu

“Why not (try them) in Chad? It happened here”

The boys fought over the ball before crying in unison while the girls appeared subdued Monday in their colourful dresses at an orphanage in this east Chadian town serving as the temporary home of 103 chidren at ... via The Tocqueville Connection