Executed Today (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
On this date in 2003, seven Chadians were shot in the capital of N’Djamena, with an eighth in the eastern city of Abeche. (A ninth would be executed three days later.) Chad’s first known judicial executions since 1991 came as a shock to observers; the country had publicly mooted death penalty abolition earlier that very year. It [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Landmines and armed attacks in Senegal's Casamance region are preventing farmers from maximizing production from the region's fertile soil, but there is another problem, too: not enough young people are taking up farming, residents and experts say.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Visiting Chadian leader, Idriss Deby Itno, left the airport yesterday amidst airs of satisfaction and hope for a deepened bi-lateral relation.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
On the invitation of President Paul Biya, his counterpart from the Republic of Chad, Idriss Deby Itno paid a two-day official visit to Cameroon that ended yesterday October 29. Such a summit meeting between the leaders of Cameroon and Chad cannot be under estimated. It is not just the bond of friendship that both leaders share, but the multifaceted regional and sub-regional engagements that condition...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Chadian President, Idriss Deby Itno received a red carpet treatment on arrival at the airport.
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Appointed in December 2008 by the President Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian envoy Mikhail Margelov speaks fluent Arabic. His appointment signals the desire of the Russian government to play a greater role in Sudan which has good economic and military ties with Moscow. From Sudan Radio Service , 22 October 2009: Russian Envoy Holds Talks With JEM in Chad (London) - The Russian envoy to Sudan, Mikhail Margelov,...
Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
During the period under review, the Government of Chad and the political opposition made some progress in the implementation of the agreement of 13 August 2007. The general population census was completed on 30 June. The data, which is a precondition for voter registration and constituency delimitation, was released on 13 October. The results have been accepted by the parties to the agreement of 13...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
The Obama administration on Sunday welcomed recent talks between the governments of Chad and Sudan, urging the two countries to take "meaningful and concrete steps" to promote regional security. A delegation led by Ghazi Salahadin, special advisor to Sudanese President, recently visited the Chadian capital of N'Djamena and held talks with President Idriss Deby Itno and Foreign Minister Moussa...
2009 2010International Scholarships (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Neglected Tropical Diseases and integrated demographic surveillance in mobile pastoralists and their animals in Chad In the frame work of a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation ProDoc scheme, a PhD position in Epidemiology is open at earliest convenience. PhD Position in Epidemiology at the human-animal interface Working places: Basel, Switzerland and N’Djaména, Chad...
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Jean Ping, has welcomed the high level peace talks being held between Chad and Sudan. “The chairperson welcomes the visit of a high level Sudanese delegation led by Dr. Ghazi Salahadine, Special Adviser to President Omar Hassan Al Bashir, to N’Djamena, from 10 to 11 October [...]
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
A 17-member official Sudanese delegation was visiting Switzerland, in a mission to learn about federalism. "We are learning how the system works and whether it can help us in Sudan with out diversities as well," said John Ukec Lueth Ukec, Sudan's ambassador to Switzerland. Switzerland, with four language groups, religious divides and other difference between regions, has prided itself on...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
On August 21, 2009 China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) President Jiang Jiemin and Chad's oil and mineral resources minister Mahamat Hassan Nasser signed a memorandum of understanding on appling for preferential export buyer's credit for the Sino-Chadian joint venture N'Djamena Refinery. Representatives of the two parties also signed a supplementary agreement of the joint-venture agreement and...
The centre due to open on Wednesday (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
S top oil official Shokri Ghanem said on Wednesday oil prices could rise to or above by the end of the year, and would likely. BENIN OVER one thousand five hundred indigenes of Edo State who were on their way to Europe through Libya without genuine documents have been languishing in. Saudi, Libya see oil eventually hitting bbl. Libya asks EU for bn to combat immigration. If you want to understand what...
Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
Oil prices have hit record highs in recent years. Yet the living standards of the majority of the population have not risen to match the vast profits being made by the government. Instead, most Chadians are still mired in poverty. The core of the problem lies in the flagrant misuse of oil revenues by the authorities. Since the oil began to flow in 2003, President Idriss Déby's government has...
The centre due to open on Wednesday (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
Italy PM migrant centres like concentration camps. What do Osama bin Laden and the right wing of the Republican Party have in common They are preaching the same nonsense against President Obama. The President of Chad, HE Idriss Deby Itno, has meanwhile, extended an invitation to his fly to meet in their upcoming Session of the Conference of Leaders and Heads of State in N'Djamena. You don't sue because...
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