November 6

• Chad: Analysis - Is U.S. Action Against Use of Child Soldiers On the Backburner? [analysis]

  The Child Soldier Prevention Act (CSPA) was a prime example of US bipartisan human rights legislation: sponsored by Democratic and Republican senators and signed into law in 2008... Read more »

October 26

• Chad: Floods, Locusts Add to Humanitarian Challenges

  The number of flood-affected people in Chad has risen to 700,000, up from 445,000 in September, according to humanitarian agencies, which also report the loss or damage of 255,720... Read more »

October 19

• Nigeria: Nigeria-Chad - Child Migrants Reuniting With Families

  Most of the Chadian Koranic students who fled Boko Haram related violence in northern Nigeria to return to their country in March 2012, have now been reunited with their parents,... Read more »

October 9

• Central Africa: Boost for Peace as Chad Rebels Disband

  Preparations for the repatriation of 3,000 followers of a Chadian former rebel leader have started in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic (CAR). If successful, the... Read more »

September 7

• Chad: Floods Affect Tens of Thousands

  Tens of thousands of people have been affected by flooding in parts of central, eastern and southern Chad following heavy rains in August. Thousands of hectares of crops and... Read more »

August 10

• Chad: IDPs Face Homecoming Hurdles

  Efforts to find "durable solutions" for many of the tens of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) in eastern Chad by the end of 2012 are being frustrated by poor... Read more »

July 13

• Chad: The Strains of Long-Term Displacement

  Djabal refugee camp in eastern Chad, where some residents have stayed for nearly a decade after fleeing violence in neighbouring Sudan, illustrates some of the family and social... Read more »

June 27

• Chad: Tackling Malnutrition Amid Increased Food Insecurity

  In the outskirts of Moussoro, the main town in the western Chad region of Bahr-el-Ghazal, mothers line up with their babies in the sweltering heat waiting to be screened for... Read more »

April 16

• West Africa: Is Sustainable Agriculture Possible in the Sahel?

  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 »

March 29

• West Africa: Hunger Affecting 10 Million as Dry Season Approaches

  Hunger has come again to the Sahel. "Since yesterday I have only drunk water," said Houley Dia, 60, a widow who lives in Houdallah, a village of the Fula ethnic group in southern... Read more »

March 19

• Chad: Fighting Malnutrition With 'Dysfunctional' Health Sector

  Hovering at around 20 percent in some places, Kanem Region in western Chad is well-known for having some of the world's highest continual severe acute malnutrition rates.... Read more »

March 13

• Chad: Food Runs Out As Aid Fails to Arrive

  Late Chadian government recognition of a food crisis, a slow build-up from aid agencies, and severe pipeline constraints due to closed Libyan and Nigerian borders mean food aid has... Read more »

March 10

• Chad: Migrants Fleeing Boko Haram Violence Await Aid

  Some 1,000 Chadian migrants - most of them children separated from their families - are waiting for aid in the village of N'Gbouboua in the Lac region of western Chad having fled... Read more »

February 28

• Central African Republic: Onslaught on Chad Rebels Displaces Thousands

  A joint military offensive between the armed forces of the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad to oust Chad's Front Populaire pour le Redressement (FPR) rebel movement from its... Read more »

February 1

• Chad: Why Polio Is So Hard to Eliminate [analysis]

  Poor-quality emergency immunization campaigns and low routine polio immunization coverage are helping the polio virus to spread in Chad, with 132 cases reported in 2011 - five... Read more »

January 11

• Central African Republic: Armed Chad Group Threatens North

  Among the most pressing security threats in the Central African Republic (CAR) is a Chadian armed group active in the north of the country, which allegedly continues to recruit and... Read more »

September 20, 2011

• Niger: Lean Season Awaits Migrants Escaping Libya

  While the world's politicians conjure up fears of a "tsunami of migrants" flooding Europe, in reality it is Libya's economically vulnerable and chronically food-insecure neighbours... Read more »

• Libya: Sub-Saharan Migrants Keep Their Heads Down

  In an abandoned port on the outskirts of Tripoli, a young woman timidly peeks out from behind the blanket that forms a wall in her improvised home. She is one of hundreds of... Read more »

August 30, 2011

• West Africa: Cholera Soars in Lake Chad Basin

  Cholera has killed at least 1,200 people this year in the countries surrounding Lake Chad - Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria; the illness, linked primarily to poor sanitation and... Read more »

August 3, 2011

• Chad: Stranded Migrants Airlifted From Libya

  Hundreds of stranded Chadian migrants have been airlifted home from southern Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in Geneva on 2 August. Read more »

June 30, 2011

• Chad: Fallout of Libyan Crisis Forces Migrants Home

  Chadian families are facing worsening food insecurity, becoming more indebted, and selling off personal possessions as they try to cope with the loss of remittances from relatives... Read more »

June 21, 2011

• Chad: Children Unprotected As Polio Spreads

  As polio strikes more and more people in Chad - 68 cases so far this year - tens of thousands of children are unprotected largely due to flaws in how vaccination campaigns are run. Read more »

May 26, 2011

• Libya: Migrant Workers Struggle After Fleeing

  As thousands of Chadian returnees continue to cross from Libya into Chad - via Niger - villagers near the arrival points face a "double burden" with remittances drying up and their... Read more »

April 12, 2011

• Chad: Children Conscripted By Poverty [analysis]

  My father is old. At home we did not have enough for everyone, so I wanted to better our situation and join the army to help my family and my mother... After one year with the... Read more »

March 1, 2011

• Chad: Libya Unrest Cuts "Critical" Aid Route

  Unrest in Libya has cut off a 3,000km supply route the World Food Programme has used since 2004 to bring supplies to tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees and displaced Chadians... Read more »