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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Nairobi/N'Djamena - Aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has shut down two offices in eastern Chad and evacuated its staff after armed robberies, the charity said Thursday. MSF said that all activities in Ade and Goz Beida had been suspended inde...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
The political and security crisis Chad faces is internal, and has been exacerbated rather than caused by the meddling of its Sudanese neighbours. Power has been monopolised by a Zaghawa military clan with President Idriss Déby at the top since 1990, leading to increased violence in political and social relations, ethnic tensions and distribution of the spoils of government on the basis of clan favouritism....
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
- A special security unit of the Chadian army composed of national police and gendarmes responsible for the protection of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) today began its first reconnaissance visit to eastern Chad, ahead of its deployment to the region, the United Nations announced today.
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icWales (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
ANGELA GORMAN met 38-year-old mother-of-five Zouzahbe at the General Reference Hospital in N’Djamena, the capital of Chad.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
The World Bank has quietly cancelled a "model" oil pipeline agreement with Chad after revenues meant to be spent on schools and hospitals were instead used to consolidate President Idriss Deby's grip on power
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
The World Bank has quietly cancelled a "model" oil pipeline agreement with Chad after revenues meant to be spent on schools and hospitals were instead used to consolidate President Idriss Deby's grip on power
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France24 (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
A commission investigating the events surrounding the rebel attack on the Chadian capital N'Djamena last February concluded that opponent Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh, who has been missing ever since, is probably dead.
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Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
On 2 February 2008, a force of around 4,000 fighters from the three main rebel groups in Chad—Union des forces pour la démocratie et le développement (UFDD), UFDD–Fondamentale (UFDD/F), and Rassemblement des forces pour le changement (RFC)— reached the Chadian capital, N’Djamena. Supported by Khartoum, they had come from West Darfur less than a week before, crossing the border around Adé, south of...
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Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Sudanese airplane has been hijacked in Khartoum by an armed men who has diverted it to Chad’s capital N’Djamena, according to an Arab TV channel. “There are 103 people on board,” Ahmed Salih, commercial manager of the Air West airline which operates the Boeing 737 jetliner, said on Tuesday. “So far there is one hijacker with an [...]
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Precious Kingdoms (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
(N'Djamena / New York / Geneva: 22 August 2008): An estimated 30,000 people have been affected by floods in and around southern Chad's town of Sarh. They have lost essential domestic goods or their health has been affected. An estimated 10,000 of them have also lost their home and are highly vulnerable. Three people, caught under their collapsing homes, have been reported dead, and eight seriously...
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OTB News (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
N’DJAMENA, Chad, Aug. 19 (UPI) — A first group of police officers recruited especially to protect refugees in Chad has completed training with the United Nations.
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Source: Reuters (Adds background, detail) N'DJAMENA, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A death sentence passed by a Chadian court on former ruler Hissene Habre last week will not affect efforts to try Habre in Senegal, where he ...
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OTB News (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — A Chadian court on Friday sentenced a former president and eleven rebels to death for crimes against the state, an official said….
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
The N’Djamena Criminal Court Friday slapped the death penalty in his absence on former President Hissein Habré and the main leaders of the Chadian rebellion, APA observed. On 12 July, the Chadian government lodged the Criminal Court with a complaint against the main leaders of the rebellion and their alleged supporter, President Habré, accusing the rebels [...]
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
N'DJAMENA, Chad -- A Chadian court on Friday sentenced a former president and eleven rebels to death for crimes against the state, an official said.