May 07

• South Africa: African Press Review 7 May 2013

  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 »

April 04

• Central African Republic: Ousted President Says Chad Aiding Rebels

  In an interview with RFI, ousted Central African Republic president François Bozizé insisted that Chad was behind the recent coup in which he was overthrown. Read more »

March 02

• Chad: Déby Confirms Death of Al Qaeda Leader, France Still Mum

  Chad's President Idriss Déby has confirmed reports that top Al-Qaida north African leader Abou Zeid has been killed. France has yet to confirm the news and is said to be... Read more »

• Chad: Who Is Abou Zeid?

  Chad's President Idriss Déby has confirmed press reports that Al-Qauda north Africa high-up Abou Zeid has been killed, although France has yet to officially say that is the... Read more »

March 03

• Mali: 'Al Qaeda Regional Commander Killed' - Chad

  Chadian officials claim their troops have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim)-aligned leader of the group that staged January's bloody operation... Read more »

February 12

• Chad: European Court Jails Child Smugglers

  A Paris judge has given a two year prison sentence to the couple who ran an association called Arche de Zoé, for trying to smuggle African children into France, whom they... Read more »

February 05

• Mali: 1,800 Chadian Troops Arrive in Northwestern Mali

  France's Ministry of Defence said that 1,800 Chadian troops had entered the desert town of Kidal in northeastern Mali on Tuesday, to secure the town which is the last islamist... Read more »

February 02

• Chad: French Court Rejects Chad Demand for Kidnap Compensation

  A French court has rejected Chad's demand for compensation in the Arche de Zoé (Zoe's ark) affair in which a French NGO was found guilty of trying to kidnap 103 children. Read more »

December 13, 2012

• Chad: French Kidnap NGO Was Cult, Say Lawyers

  In France, the trial of six members of a French charity convicted in Chad for trying to kidnap over 100 children finished on Wednesday. Lawyers for defendants in the dock argued... Read more »

December 03, 2012

• Chad: NGO Workers Face Child-Smuggling Charges

  The trial of a group of French NGO members accused of trying to smuggle 103 children out of Chad for adoption on France began Monday. But the two principal defendants are not in... Read more »

July 15, 2012

• Africa: African Union Summit Opens in Addis Ababa

  African Jihadism is gripping Africa, said African Union Commission Chairperson Dr. Jean Ping at the opening of the 19th AU Summit in Addis Ababa on Sunday. Read more »