May 19

• JEM Head Denies Sudan-Chad Border Clash Was 'Murder'

  Radio Dabanga

  Dr Gibril Ibrahim, head of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), has strongly denied that his forces "murdered" JEM-Bashar faction leader Mohammed Bashar, his deputy Suleiman Arko,... Read more »

May 18

• UN Agency Prepositions for Darfur Refugees in Chad Ahead of Rainy Season

  UN News

  With tens of thousands of Darfur refugees in eastern Chad, the United Nations refugee agency today said it is "in a race against time" to deliver aid before heavy rains cut off... Read more »

May 14

• Lake Chad Water Transfer Likely to Start in 2017 - Commission

  Premium Times

  The Lake Chad water transfer project aimed at restoring the water body to its normal level is likely to begin in 2017, Sanusi Abdullahi, the Executive Secretary, Lake Chad Basin... Read more »

May 13

• Authorities Arrest Another Journalist, Seek Blogger's Extradition [press release]

  Reporters sans Frontières

  Reporters Without Borders condemns the unprecedented wave of arrests and persecution of bloggers and journalists that the Chadian authorities have been orchestrating for the past... Read more »

May 11

• Chadian Blogger Expelled for Criticizing Chad's Leaders [press release]

  HRW

  The Senegalese government's expulsion of the Chadian blogger and journalist Makaila Nguebla is a blow to freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said today. Read more »

May 10

• New Wave of Arrests and Harassment of Opposition [press release]

  AI London

  Scores of parliamentarians, journalists, army officers and civilians arrested since the beginning of the month by the Chadian authorities must either be charged with recognizable... Read more »

• Alleged Coup Attempt No Excuse to Ignore Rights [press release]

  HRW

  The government of Chad should adhere to its international legal obligations and respect human rights law while it investigates an alleged plot against the government, Human Rights... Read more »

• Sudanese President Travels to Chad for Regional Summit

  Sudan Tribune

  Bashir's press secretary Emad Sid Ahmed said that Bashir will address the summit which has been postponed twice before. Read more »

May 8

• Anti-Corruption Blogger Charged With Defamation [press release]

  IFEX

  The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International protests the treatment of blogger and writer Jean Laokolé, who has been charged with defamation after being arrested by... Read more »

• African Press Review 7 May 2013

  RFI

  More on Guptagate in the South African press, while the large number of child bride marriages in Chad and Niger is another big story today... Read more »

May 7

• Journalist Arrested After Being Summoned to Law Courts [press release]

  Reporters sans Frontières

  Reporters Without Borders is very worried by today's arrest of Eric Topona, the secretary-general of the Union of Chadian Journalists (UJT) and former journalist for Chad's... Read more »

May 6

• Speaking Out Against Child Marriage

  ThinkAfricaPress

  Child marriage has been missing from international development agendas. The time is ripe for that to change. Read more »

May 5

• The African Union Condemns the Destabilization Attempt in Chad

  African Union

  Addis Ababa, 3 May 2013: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has learnt with deep concern about the attempt to destabilize the... Read more »

May 3

• High-Ranking Army Officers Arrested After Coup Attempt

  Focac

  High-ranking army officers were arrested Thursday morning after security forces foiled a coup attempt in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, according to authorities. Read more »

• Casualties in Coup-Linked Shootout in Capital

  Focac

  There were at least 20 casualties in a shootout in the Chadian capital N'Djamena, where security forces managed to foil a coup plot, authorities disclosed on Thursday. Read more »

May 2

• Arrests Follow 'Failed Coup'

  Deutsche Welle

  Security forces in Chad have foiled an attempted coup, a government spokesman has reported. According to police and opposition sources a number of people have been arrested,... Read more »

• '1,500' Sudan Refugees Transferred to Chad Camp

  Radio Dabanga

  Over 1,500 Sudanese nationals that sought refuge in Chad following inter-tribal conflicts in Central Darfur are currently being transferred to the Goz Amer camp in the east of the... Read more »

• Lake Chad Basin Commission Discusses Modalities to Recharge the Lake

  Daily Trust

  The 58th session of the Council of Ministers of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) has begun in Abuja with members striving to scale up efforts aimed at recharging the lake to... Read more »

April 27

• UNHCR Shifting Darfur IDPs to Safer Areas Inside Chad

  Sudan Tribune

  The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has started moving thousands of displaced Sudanese civilians who fled across the border from violence in Darfur to safer areas further... Read more »

April 26

• Arrest Sudan's Defence Minister, Govt Urged

  HRW

  The government of Chad should arrest Abdelraheem Mohammed Hussein, the defense minister of Sudan, Human Rights Watch said today. He is expected to attend a conference in Chad on... Read more »

• Regional Insecurity Adding to Chad's Humanitarian Needs

  IRIN

  Chad is grappling with an influx of refugees and returnees into its south-eastern regions, mainly from neighbouring Sudan, and others from the Central African Republic (CAR)... Read more »

• Rights Group Calls On Chad to Arrest Sudan Defence Minister

  Sudan Tribune

  Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Chad government to immediately detain Sudanese defence minister Abdel-Rahim Mohammed Hussein, who is attending a conference in the... Read more »

April 25

• Chad to Host Sudan Defense Minister for Meeting On Joint Border Forces

  Sudan Tribune

  The Sudanese defense minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein will head to Chad on Thursday for a two-day meeting despite an arrest warrant for him by the International Criminal Court... Read more »

• '40 Percent' of Umm Dukhun's Population Fled Sudan to Chad

  Radio Dabanga

  Multiple sources affirm that more than 40 percent of the population of Umm Dukhun town and surrounding villages in Central Darfur fled to Chad due to violent fighting between... Read more »

April 24

• It's Nigeria, Chad, Niger Operation - Army

  Vanguard

  Following the outrage that greeted the alleged killing of about 185 persons including women and children in a shoot out between soldiers and Boko Haram insurgents in Baga, a... Read more »