May 16

• Virgin Active Joins Forces With Ryk Neethling and Chad Le Clos to Develop Virgin Active Swim

  Biz-Community

  Virgin Active launched its latest training innovation - SWIM. Developed by Olympic Gold medalist Ryk Neethling and endorsed by Commonwealth Games and world champion Chad le Clos,... Read more »

May 14

• Deserting Refugees in the Sahara

  IPS

  As dusk settles over the isolated Saharan town Kufra, young guards order a few hundred migrants lined up at a detention centre to chant "Libya free, Chadians out", before they... Read more »

• UN Report Shows Progress in Water Policies

  State Department

  More than 80 percent of countries have reformed their water laws in the past 20 years, according to a survey conducted by the United Nations. The reforms have improved drinking... Read more »

May 11

• Health Centres Stretched As Infant Malnutrition Rises [press release]

  IFRC

  "Each year the number of children we see goes up," says Mahamat Abacar, health focal point at Mao hospital in northern Chad. "In 2010 there were around 800 serious cases, last year... Read more »

May 10

• Climate Change - Council Race to Save Lake Chad

  Daily Trust

  Council of Ministers of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) consisting of all Heads of States of member countries of the basin have begun renewed effort to rescue Lake Chad which... Read more »

• Lake Chad - Losing Its Stature Slowly

  Leadership

  Lake Chad is the only sizeable surface freshwater reservoir in the Sahel zone. Climatic factors, its uncontrolled use for irrigated farming, and high population pressure have... Read more »

May 2

• Country's Border Closure Grounds Economic Activities for Chad and Cameroon - Envoy

  Daily Trust

  The directive by the Federal Government to close the country's border in some troubled parts of Borno, Yobe, Niger and Plateau States with some neighbouring countries is taking a... Read more »

• Citizen Emerges Chairman Lake Chad Basin Commission

  Vanguard

  Nigerien President, Issufou Mahamadou, has emerged the Chairman of the Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC). Read more »

• President Deby - Boko Haram Threatens Us

  Daily Trust

  The President of Chad, Idriss Deby has said that the Boko Haram in Nigeria is threatening peace in neighboring countries. Read more »

May 1

• Insecurity in Lake Chad Region Disturbing, Says President Jonathan

  Nigeria First

  President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said that Nigeria was greatly disturbed at the new spate of insecurity and threat to the peace around the Lake Chad area. Read more »

April 30

• UN Considers Cutting UNAMID Budget, Reducing Peacekeepers

  Radio Dabanga

  On Thursday the UN decided to reduce the number of soldiers and police in the joint UN/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) by 4,000, citing improved security across parts of... Read more »

April 26

• Fire Destroys 40 Homes in Refugee Camp

  Radio Dabanga

  A fire destroyed 40 homes in Jebel refugee camp in eastern Chad on Tuesday. Read more »

• Jonathan to Attend ECOWAS, Lake Chad Commission Summits

  Leadership

  President Goodluck Jonathan will on Thursday attend an Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire. Read more »

• President Jonathan On Five-Day Trip to Cote d'Ivoire, Chad

  Daily Trust

  President Goodluck Jonathan will today attend an Extra-Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abidjan, Cote... Read more »

April 25

• Communications Network Expands to Protect Families From Malaria [press release]

  Malaria No More

  NightWatch, a communications program developed by Malaria No More and Lalela Project, is expanding to include Chad and Tanzania; this is in addition to Cameroon and Senegal, where... Read more »

April 24

• Ugandan Rebels Could Take Refuge in Chad, Warn Officials

  UN News

  Senior United Nations and African Union officials arrived in Chad this weekend on a joint mission to warn its Government that the country could be the next destination of the... Read more »

April 23

• U.S. Hosts Anti-Terrorism Symposium [press release]

  U.S. Africa Command

  Representatives from African partner nations Ghana, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, and Senegal participated in the Special Operations Command Africa- coordinated... Read more »

• Douala-N'djamena Corridor - Checkpoints Reduced to Three

  Cameroon Tribune

  Transport Minister says apart from Yassa, Bertoua and Ngaoundere, the others are illegal. Read more »

April 20

• Eight Displaced Women Raped in South Darfur, Eastern Chad Camps

  Radio Dabanga

  On Wednesday four women were raped by armed men in Dereig camp in South Darfur. Read more »

April 19

• Oil Wealth Brings Only Superficial Change [analysis]

  African Arguments

  It's two years since I was last in Chad after a long stint as the BBC correspondent. Not long enough to forget a place you might think, but when I arrived recently in N'Djamena the... Read more »

• Under-20 - Shooting Stars Off to Face Chad

  Concord

  The national U-20 team, Shooting Stars, have left the country's shores to face Central Africa opponent, Chad in the 2013 CAF U-20 championship qualifiers. Read more »

April 16

• Is Sustainable Agriculture Possible in the Sahel?

  IRIN

  With drought conditions chronic in the Sahel, many farmers give up trying to grow crops and head to towns and cities to find work. Read more »

• Linking Children and Security in Southern Africa [analysis]

  ISS

  The historic agreement on 12 March between the United Nations (UN) and South Sudan's army, the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA), on a revised action plan regarding their... Read more »