Chad News

Advice to aspiring diplomats: Don't hug war criminals, and especially don't be photographed hugging them.

Chad's President Idriss Deby sacked two senior ministers after a joint-venture refinery deal with China National Petroleum went sour, according to a presidential decree announced over state radio late on Friday.

Chad's President Idriss Deby sacked two senior ministers after a joint-venture refinery deal with China National Petroleum went sour, according to a presidential decree announced over state radio late on Friday.

A Chadian soldier casts his ballot during early voting for Chad's first local elections at a polling station in N'Djamena. N'Djamena - Voters in Chad went to the polls on Sunday for the first local elections in the central African country's history, after the ballot had been rescheduled several times.

The Sudanese capital Khartoum was preoccupied on Friday by the wedding ceremony of Chad's President Idriss Deby, and daughter of Sudan's Janjaweed militia leader, Musa Hilal, which took place at a top hotel and was attended by a host of dignitaries led by President Omer al-Bashir. The polygamous Chadian leader became engaged to Hilal's daughter, ... (more)

Chad authorities on Thursday shut down a major new oil refinery amid a price row with its Chinese owners, sources said.

The president was speaking in N'Djamena late Sunday at the opening of the 15th summit of the Economic Community of Central African States .

NEW YORK, January 17, 2012/African Press Organization / - Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message to the fifteenth ordinary session of the Conference of Heads of State and Governments of the Economic Community of Central African States , read by Abou Moussa, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head ... (more)

The main opposition parties boycotted the poll and rejected the result, like they had done in the 2006 elections which gave Mr Deby his third term.

Senegal's president Abdoulaye Wade has been let off the hook after the court ruling that Chadian dictator should not be extradited to Belgium.

Posted: 12 January 2012 Deadline: 12 March 2012 Job type: Permanent Salary: TBD Location: Chad Organisation: International Rescue Committee The International Rescue Committee responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives.

Senegal risks losing up to $50 million in US aid if it fails to bring former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre to justice, a regional rights group warned Wednesday.