Chad

In Chad, the ruling party's congress, MPS, was suspended by its secretary general just days after it was announced that it would be held next weekend. Last week, the party's first deputy had convened an extraordinary congress for the formation from June 12 to 13 with the theme "The Revitalization of the Patriotic Salvation Movement".…

Doro Dimanta is back in Chad with a project to revive the traditional repertoire of Baguirmi, one of the country's three ancient kingdoms. Associated with the group Khalélé, sitarists among the rare last depositaries in this repertoire, the saxophonist has therefore recorded a dozen titles and now hopes to find a label in France to produce for them this amazing mix of jazz notes and traditional sounds in…

Preparations for the 10th Extraordinary Congress of the Patriotic Salvation Movement, the party of late President Idriss Deby Itno, are stirring. He is called in the absence of the Secretary-General and risks leaving behind many dignitaries from the previous regime and could lead to a renewal of the political class. as reported…

Chad launched its vaccination campaign against Covid-19 on June 4 in N'Djamena, the capital, but also in the cities of Moundou and Abéché, after receiving 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine, a donation from China. Since March 19, 2020, Chad has registered 4,938 positive cases of Covid-19, including 174 deaths. as reported…

In Chad, the opposition says it is disappointed with the decision of the heads of state of the Central African Economic Community (ECCAS) to adapt to the choice of the African Union to support the June military that has taken power since April 20, after Idriss Deby Itno was killed. The ECCAS decision was taken on Friday, 4 June,…

A shocking video has appeared on social media since June 4. We see a young woman being raped by several men. It is indignation in Ndjamena that links this video to an ongoing legal investigation: the alleged gang rape of Meram, 15, by three sons of high-ranking officials. These images make Chadians react more specifically because it is not the first video of its kind circulating on social networks.…

The meeting on Friday 4 June in Brazzaville, the Heads of State of the Central African Economic Community (ECCAS), decided to follow the African Union's position on Chad. Presidents João Lourenço of Angola, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi of the DRC, Faustin Archange Touadéra of Central Africa and Denis Sassou-Nguesso of the Republic of the Congo have announced their willingness to support the transition in…

Conflicts between soldiers and young recruits left at least one dead and 18 injured, two of them seriously, according to a security source. The facts took place on Thursday, June 3, in a military camp in Moussoro, a city 293 kilometers north of Ndjamena in the Bahr El Ghazel department. At the beginning of the clashes, recruitment was considered discriminatory. The authorities deny.…

Two days after the attack on a central post of the Central African Army, Bangui enjoys. A delegation led by Foreign Minister Sylvie Baïpo Temon was received on Tuesday in Ndjamena by the President of the Transitional Military Council and the two countries agreed to set up an international commission of inquiry to clarify the circumstances of this attack.…

Incidents broke out on the border between the Central African Republic and Chad over the weekend, killing several soldiers and Russian paramilitaries. The specialists remember that the region is strategic and subject to envy. The northwestern zone of the Central African Republic is a reserve zone for the Coalition of Patriots…