The ruling junta in Chad has appointed nine women into the forty-member cabinet announced Sunday, May 2. Among the women appointed are: Ms Lydie Beassemda, the first woman candidate for a presidential election in the April 11, 2021 poll and former minister under late President Idriss Deby Itno who has been appointed Minister of Higher […]
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WAKIT TAMA, a new coalition of political parties, civil society organisations, and workers’ syndicates led by Max Loangar in Chad, has urged Chadians to continue their peaceful demonstrations against the new junta led by General Mahamat Idriss Deby, the son of late president Idriss Deby. This new appeal follows Tuesday’s demonstrations in several parts of […]
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The new Chadian military junta in N’Djamena said it will not negotiate with the rebels of the Front pour le Changement et la Concorde au Tchad (FACT) who have called for negotiations with the new leaders, following the death of Idriss Derby. General Azem Bermendao Agouna, spokesperson of the Transitional Military Council (TMC), described the […]
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The Chadian National Assembly has given support to its dissolution by the ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) that took over power in the country following the death of President Idriss Deby Itno. In a communique issued on Wednesday, April 21, after a meeting of the Bureau of the National Assembly headed by House Speaker, Haroun […]
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Chad is deploying 1,200 strong contingents to help counter the threat posed by Al Qaeda and Islamic State affiliate groups in the Sahel. This was disclosed during the G5 Sahel Heads of State Conference meeting in N’Djamena, the capital of Chad. The 1,200 forces will be deployed in the tri-border area of Mali, Burkina Faso, […]
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