Chad News

MR. TONER: Good afternoon. It's my great pleasure to introduce to you our Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, who is going to brief on his trip to Chad, Khartoum and the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, Doha, Qatar, and Rwanda.

N'DJAMENA, Chad, 8 March 2010 - UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow recently visited Chad to highlight the importance of vaccinating the country's children against polio.

Two of the world's most iconic endangered species, the bluefin tuna and African elephant, could be protected under a backroom deal being negotiated between Europe and Africa.

Chadian Prime Minister Youssouf Saleh Abbas resigned on Friday, according to the information reaching here from N'Djamena, the capital of the northern neighboring country.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 -- The MCA is supportive of the proposal mooted by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to allow direct membership in the Barisan Nasional but will gauge the grassroot sentiments before making its stand.

"My aunt Joyar, for example, was a famous warrior who dressed like a man, fought camel theives and Arab armies, wrestled men for sport -- and always won.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 -- MCA Vice-President Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai urged the party's leadership to allow delegates to debate resolutions, including the proposal to amend party constitution, to be tabled at the party's Annual General Meeting on March 7. He said the delegates had the rights to debate the proposal before the Central Committee , the ...

A boat is stranded in Quyt Stream, a tributary of the Hong River in Hanoi. Park rangers have sounded a nationwide forest fire red alert as a drought has desiccated the Red River in the north and pulled saline water deep into the parched Mekong Delta.

UN peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy has arrived in Chad for talks on Ndjamena's demand for the withdrawal of a UN military force, a UN source said on Thursday.

Prolonged dry weather has raised forest fire risks to extremely high levels across the country, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Forest Protection Department.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Canadian Foreign Minister and the US Assistant Secretary of State welcomed the framework agreement that was affirmed today by the rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim and Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir. The so-called "Framework Agreement for the Resolution of the Conflict in Darfur" was agreed by the ...

The Government of Chad should allow the current UN peacekeeping mission, MINURCAT, to remain in Chad and Central African Republic with existing troop levels through 2010, said Refugees International today.

Any afternoon fighting would not have broken the terms of the Sudan/JEM ceasefire announced in Chadian capital N'Djamena on Saturday evening, but would underline the challenges facing efforts to end the conflict.

Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Saturday said his government had signed an agreement with Darfur's rebel Justice and Equality Movement and claimed it would help resolve the Darfur conflict.

" Chadian President Idriss Deby received the US Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration at the presidential palace on Tuesday.

Nepal contributes around 1,000 Nepal Army personnel for the U.N. peacekeeping troops in Chad.

N'DJAMENA, 17 February 2010 - Teachers demanding more pay to face higher food prices entered the third day of a nationwide strike.

RIYADH: The Council of Ministers on Monday commended the Jeddah Economic Forum for discussing contemporary issues of global importance.

U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration will travel to Chad and Sudan from February 14-22, 2010, where he will visit N'Djamena, Juba, Kadugli , and Khartoum.

A budding romance is really a marriage of convenience, posits Gamal Nkrumah Chadian President Idriss Deby's visit this week to the Sudanese capital Khartoum was hailed as "historic" by his hosts.