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Charity Workers Convicted Of Attempted Kidnap
Topix - Thursday, December 27, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The rumors were that it was going to be 10 years" A group of French aid workers are beginning eight-year sentences of hard labour today after a court in Chad found them guilty of trying to kidnap 103 children from the African country. via MyFOX... more
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Chad: Child Soldiers Forcibly Mobilised Not Demobilised
Topix - Wednesday, December 26, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Many youth being made to join the army are under-age" A UN programme to demobilise hundreds of child soldiers in Chad has been on hold since November following the resurgence of fighting between the army and rebel groups in the east. via AllAfrica.com ... more
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Child Soldiers Forcibly Mobilised Not Demobilised
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, December 26, 2007
UN programme to demobilise hundreds of child soldiers in Chad has been on hold since November following the resurgence of fighting between the army and rebel groups in the ... more
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Years of labour could await French accused
Topix - Wednesday, December 26, 2007
p> Ndjamena - Chadian prosecutors called on Wednesday for six French charity workers accused of trying to kidnap 103 children to be sentenced to seven to 11 years of prison with hard labour. via Independent Online ... more
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Around the world
Topix - Tuesday, December 25, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"And then they herded them like cattle to sell in France." Police said a French journalist abducted by Somali gunmen was released Monday, eight days after he was seized in the northern part of the country. via Arizona Daily Star ... more
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Aid Officials Anxious Over New Force
allAfrica.com - Monday, December 24, 2007
new European Union force and UN mission set to deploy in Chad are mandated to protect aid groups assisting hundreds of thousands of people, amid violence by armed bandits, militias, rebels, soldiers and some foreign fighters. But humanitarian officials in Chad are concerned that if the mission does not... more
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Aid worker falls ill in Chad trial
Topix - Monday, December 24, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Evacuating children in danger is provided for under the Geneva Convention, and those who evacuate them can face no criminal liability" A French nurse was carried out of a Chadian courtroom on Monday after falling ill during a trial in which she and five other charity... more
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Chad kidnap accused 'were duped'
Topix - Saturday, December 22, 2007
p> The case has sparked anti-French protests in Chad One of six French aid workers charged in Chad with abducting children has told a court they were duped to believe the youngsters were Darfur war orphans. via BBC News ... more
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Rebel JEM leader threatens to attack Darfur capital
Topix - Friday, December 21, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"JEM is surrounding El-Geneina town from all sides" Darfur rebels on Thursday threatened to attack West Darfur's state capital El-Geneina and told aid workers to stay in their compounds and away from government military bases. via Sudan Tribune ... more
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Chad president calls for unity, warns of civil war
Topix - Thursday, December 20, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Sudan's money is circulating. Recruitment by Sudan (of Chadians) is taking place in the sight and knowledge of the whole world, even inside our territory" Chad President Idriss Deby has warned his people they risk civil war unless they unite behind him to combat eastern rebels... more
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Chad: Tales of the War Wounded for A Surgeon
Topix - Wednesday, December 19, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"It's actually hard sometimes to tell the difference, particularly when a bullet goes in and out of one body, then enters another" The number of casualties in the latest fighting between the government and rebels in eastern Chad has been so high that the International Committee... more
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Tales of the War Wounded for A Surgeon
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, December 19, 2007
he number of casualties in the latest fighting between the government and rebels in eastern Chad has been so high that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) surgical team in the country was unable to cope, and a second team had to be sent out from ... more
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Deal expected in Chad trial of aid workers
Topix - Wednesday, December 19, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"It's possible that all this will be over before December 25. There's politics behind this case" Regulars Interact Moumine Ngarmbassa N'Djamena 19 December 2007 01:37 Six French humanitarian workers accused of trying to kidnap 103 African children go on trial in Chad on Friday as speculation... more
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Editor Charged, Temporarily Released; Weekly Ordered Closed, Say Police
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, December 18, 2007
n 17 December 2007, Nadjikimo Benoudjita, editor of the private weekly "Notre Temps", was charged with "inciting tribal and religious hatred" then released until his next summons to appear in ... more
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'Kidnappers' back in Chad court
Topix - Tuesday, December 18, 2007
p> Ten people accused of trying to kidnap 103 children and fly them from Chad to France reappeared at an Ndjamena court on Monday as jury selection began for their trial scheduled to start later this week. via News24.com ... more
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UN Representative Disappointed With Situation
allAfrica.com - Monday, December 17, 2007
id organisations are struggling to provide assistance to around half a million people in the east of Chad at a time when numerous rebel groups are launching offensives against the ... more
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European Peacekeepers Delayed
allAfrica.com - Monday, December 17, 2007
he deployment of a European Union peacekeeping force in Eastern Chad has fallen behind schedule amid fears that its French-dominated troops could come under attack after setting foot in the troubled African ... more
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EUROPE: French Position Delays Troops to Chad
Topix - Monday, December 17, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We need the experience of France" The deployment of a European Union peacekeeping force in Eastern Chad has fallen behind schedule amid fears that its French-dominated troops could come under attack after setting foot in the troubled African ... via Inter Press Service ... more
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French Position Delays Troops
allAfrica.com - Monday, December 17, 2007
he deployment of a European Union peacekeeping force in Eastern Chad has fallen behind schedule amid fears that its French-dominated troops could come under attack after setting foot in the troubled African ... more
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Chad: Managing Editor Detained At Intelligence Headquarters
Topix - Saturday, December 15, 2007
p> Reporters Without Borders has called for an explanation from the Chadian authorities for the dawn arrest and detention of Nadjikimo Benoudjita, managing editor of the privately-owned weekly "Notre Temps". The ... via AllAfrica.com ... more
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