Until recently, children were being used by both the army and Sudanese and Chadian armed groups. Thousands have been recruited as the Darfur conflict in Sudan has engulfed eastern ... Read more »
Two days after announcing that former Chadian dictator Hissene Habré will be sent home for trial, Senegal has reversed its decision. After the failure so far of attempts to try ... Read more »
The main reasons children join the armed forces are poverty and a lack of educational opportunities. Read more »
Scores of families recently displaced by flooding in the Chadian capital N'djamena face a daily struggle against local thugs, wild animals, a lack of toilets and night winds. Read more »
The United Nations World Food Programme warns that child malnutrition rates are alarmingly high in Chad despite signs of improvement in neighbouring Niger. Read more »
The Chadian elections scheduled for November provide the biggest opportunity to end the political and military turmoil that has bedeviled the Central African country for the past ... Read more »
Security Council votes to end the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Chad and the Central African Republic by the end of the year. Read more »
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