Executed Today (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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) | 10/02/2009
Aid workers are looking at how to boost children's nutrition and overall health in eastern Chad's main city, Abéché, after a survey revealed that 20.6 percent of children under five suffer acute malnutrition.
CICR (Free subscription) | 05/27/2009
More than two years after an explosion of violence shook eastern Chad, some 160,000 people are still unable to return to their homes. Proliferating firearms in the area and the ongoing risk of clashes between the Chadian army and armed opposition groups have created a pervasive atmosphere of potential and actual violence. The ICRC surgical team in based in Abéché treats the most serious...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 05/20/2009
It's good to know that when I stop off for lunch at my favourite Chadian Chinese restaurant, the Shanghai in Abeche, our armed friends are asked to leave their rocket propelled grenades in the car park. (Source: Rob Crilly's blog post The Shanghai Car Park May 16, 2009) - - - Rob Crilly's tweet from Chad First impressions of N'djamena: gosh what a lot of chinese people Twitter / robcrilly 12/5/09 20:03...
Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 05/13/2009
A fresh round of fighting near the town of Abeche, in eastern Chad, has claimed the lives of 225 rebels and 22 government troops, according to the Chadian government. The violence is a fixture of life in this dusty desert outpost just 50 miles from Sudan's embattled Darfur province, and has complicated delicate efforts by regional and world bodies to build a framework for a lasting peace, as well as...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/08/2009
New York - Chad's government forces were fighting off rebel troops advancing towards the town of Abeche and the capital N'Djamena, the United Nations said Friday. The UN said government troops backed by jet fighters and helicopters fought the rebels ...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) today expressed its dismay over the killing yesterday of a peacekeeper and two soldiers of the European Union force (EUFOR) by a fellow soldier in a camp in Abeché in eastern Chad.
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/16/2009
Women and children refugees from Sudan in Chad. The US must accept responsibility for the dislocation of people from western Sudan and inside of Chad. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos U.N. Takes Over Chad Force Amid Growing Darfur Fears By Moumine Ngarmbassa Reuters ABECHE, Chad The United Nations took over command of an EU protection force in eastern Chad on Sunday, and there...
Cape Times (Free subscription) | 03/16/2009
United Nations forces took over command from European Union peacekeepers in Abeche, Chad, yesterday to protect refugees and displaced people in Chad and the Central African Republic.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 03/15/2009
European peacekeepers in Chad hand over operations to a larger UN force at a ceremony in the eastern town of Abeche.
Libertarian Democrat Point Of View (Free subscription) | 02/17/2009
TO BE NOTED: From Enough: " It's Coup Time Posted by Maggie Fick on Feb 17, 2009 The writing is on the wall, the pieces are in place, and Déby’s mercenaries are landing attack helicopters in Abéché. All this can only mean one thing: rebellion season is fully underway in Chad . Enough Said reported recently on the developments of the Khartoum -backed Chadian rebel coup...
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