Chad News

Hissene Habre's regime is accused of widespread murder and torture Senegal's national assembly has amended the country's constitution to allow the trial of Chad ex-leader Hissene Habre. via BBC

“Forced evictions should be carried out in accordance with the law, based on a clearly identified public interest, with the rights of the affected communities protected, which didn't happen here.”

Paris, France - infozine - Chadian authorities forcibly evicted several thousand residents from their homes in N'Djamena, the capital, during a 30-day period in February and March 2008, Human Rights Watch said ... via Kansas City InfoZine

“It's like I was still in the camp, it's the same situation as in the north.”

Chad accused Sudan on rebel raid Chadian rebels attacked the country's capital in February The Chadian government says insurgents backed by Sudan have launched a fresh offensive in the east of the country. via R O O T S..

“MSF is providing health care but people there need is so much more.”

NDJAMENA, 3 April 2008 - Fighting in recent years in eastern Chad between the government and rebels has usually taken place away from civilian populations, but in the latest battle on 1 April more than 50 ... via IRIN News

“To date, however, neither MINURCAT nor EUFOR is ideally mandated to address these issues”

The flare-up of civil strife, cross-border tension and displacement involving Chad, the Central African Republic and Sudan should be addressed in a unified manner that is outside the mandate of the mission ... via AllAfrica.com

N'DJAMENA, Chad - Rebels attacked a town in eastern Chad on Tuesday but the army repulsed them after a four-hour battle, the prime minister said. via Newsday.com

“With contempt for our concerns and determined to have a showdown with the press, President Deby has signed an ordinance that is without doubt the most liberticidal (freedom-killing) law passed in Chad”

Chad's main private newspapers published Thursday a special joint edition to denounce a draconian crackdown on the media by President Idriss Deby following a foiled coup bid. via Sudan Tribune

“By working together, the independent press has found a way to return to work and to demand, with a single voice, the repeal of an archaic law adopted in unfair circumstances.”

Reporters Without Borders provided financial support for the publication today in N'Djamena of a "newspaper of newspapers," a single issue combining most of the independent Chadian weeklies that have not ... via Canada NewsWire

“The Higher Judicial Council has given a favourable opinion on the request for a pardon”

Chad's Higher Judicial Council, which advises President Idriss Deby on legal matters, gave him the go-ahead on Friday to pardon six French aid workers jailed for eight years for abducting children, an official ... via Reuters UK

“It has been weakened [by recent rebel attacks] and to invade Sudan now would not just be stupid, it would be suicidal”

NDJAMENA, 26 March 2008 - Just two weeks after Chad and Sudan signed a landmark peace accord their two governments have accused each other of supporting fresh attacks into their respective territories by proxy ... via IRIN

“These areas of economic activity are high-risk [HIV/AIDS] areas; so is the oil-producing region [also in the south], but attempts to reduce risk-related behaviour have not been properly implemented”

CHAD: Shaky start to AIDS fight N'DJAMENA, 26 March 2008 - Wracked by decades of political insecurity, HIV/AIDS simply wasn't a priority in Chad for many years. via PlusNews.org

Chadian opposition leader Ngarlejy Yorongar, who fled his troubled African state after a government crackdown, arrived at March 7 in France where he has been promised political asylum.

Yorongar, who surfaced Monday in Cameroon after going missing a month ago following a failed rebel attack on the Chadian capital Ndjamena. Yorongar says he was arrested in Ndjamena on February 3 by President Idriss Deby Itno's presidential guard and held in a "secret prison," before managing to flee to neighbouring Cameroon.

Leaders of the Economic Community of Central African States converged in Kinshasa March 10 for a summit focusing on the situation in Chad in the wake of a failed rebel assault. According to a provisional agenda, Kabila is to make a brief statement, after which Deby is to discuss the situation in Chad after rebels rolled into the capital Ndjamena in February in a failed bid to seize power.

Chadian opposition leader Ngarlejy Yorongar, who fled his troubled African state after a government crackdown, arrived on Thursday in France where he has been promised political asylum.

Ndjamena - Heavily armed rebels crossed into eastern Chad from Sudan on Wednesday, the government said on Thursday, a month after a failed rebel attempt to overthrow President Idriss Deby Itno's regime.

Chadian rebels attacked the country's capital last month Chadian rebels have dismissed a peace agreement between Chad and Sudan, saying they will continue their campaign to overthrow Chad's president.

Eufor began deploying to Chad last month The head of the European peace force in Chad has told the BBC that his troops will return fire if rebels attacked any refugee camps under its protection.

“During this meeting, the minister told the diplomats of Sudan's pressures on (Chadian rebels) to stage a fresh attack”

Chad and Sudan have accused each other of breaking a peace agreement signed only days ago by their respective presidents, diplomats said on Saturday. via Sudan Tribune

We, Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad Omar Hassan al-Bashir, President of the Republic of Sudan To put a definitive end to disputes between our two countries, restore peace and security in the ... via Sudan Tribune

“Detainees should be released immediately or charged with a crime and accorded all their rights, including immediate access to a lawyer and a hearing before an impartial judge to determine the lawfulness of their detention”

The Chadian government has continued to detain an unknown number of people without charges since rebels invaded the capital N'djamena for two days in early February, despite lifting a state of emergency on 15 ... via IRIN