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American Missionary Kidnapped in Northern Chad
Topix - Sunday, October 21, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"All we know is that he is a humanitarian" Listen to Schwarz report U.S. embassy officials say they have requested assistance from Chad's government in gaining to the release of an American humanitarian worker being held by rebels in the north. via Voice of America... more
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Burkina Faso-Benin: Irin-Wa Weekly Round-up 398 for 13-19 October
Topix - Saturday, October 20, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The main part of the poverty [in Cote d'Ivoire] is found in rural areas" DAKAR, 20 October 2007 - CONTENTS: COTE D'IVOIRE: Malnutrition worsens, FAO says NIGERIA: Food shortages on the horizon with northern farmers declaring bad crop TOGO: Observers sanction elections while ... via... more
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Chad says U.S. missionary kidnapped
Topix - Saturday, October 20, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The rebels took his vehicle and they are holding him at Zoumri" A U.S. evangelical church missionary working on a U.S. government-backed development project in northern Chad has been kidnapped by rebels, Chadian and U.S. officials said on Thursday. via Reuters ... more
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13 dead, six wounded in clash between Chadian army, rebels
Topix - Saturday, October 20, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This unfortunate incident has caused 13 deaths on the side of the ex-FUC (the United Front for Democratic Change) and six wounded among the ranks of regular forces" Fierce fighting in eastern Chad has left 13 rebels dead and six government soldiers wounded, the Chadian army... more
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UN's Standing Police Capacity Completes Training in UK
allAfrica.com - Friday, October 19, 2007
head of their first operational deployment to Chad, the inaugural class of the United Nations' Standing Police Capacity (SPC) has completed two weeks of intensive training in policies, doctrine, project management, team-building, transitional justice and other aspects of modern peacekeeping at the United Kingdom's top police leadership ... more
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Unravelling the Meaning of Latest Ex-Rebel Revolt
allAfrica.com - Friday, October 19, 2007
cores of former rebels supposedly being integrated into the army have fled their base at the eastern town of Goz Beida, where tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees and displaced Chadians have settled, after battling the army on 18 ... more
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ANALYSIS-Political, ethnic imbroglio awaits EU Chad force
Topix - Friday, October 19, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"If the EU deployment is a failure, it will augur extremely badly for the Darfur mission" European Union peacekeepers bound for eastern Chad will be flying into a political and ethnic hornets' nest that could suck them into an entangled regional conflict already spilling across national... more
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Chad rebels abduct US worker
Topix - Friday, October 19, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The local population tried to negotiate to free him" N'DJAMENA - An American humanitarian worker participating in an aid project was captured by Tubu rebels in Tibesti, northern Chad, rebels said today. via Sunday Times ... more
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Govt Suppresses Media in Emergency
allAfrica.com - Thursday, October 18, 2007
he Committee to Protect Journalists released the following statement today after Chadian authorities issued the second state of emergency since May including a blanket suppression of media across the ... more
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Chad rebels abduct US worker
Topix - Thursday, October 18, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The local population tried to negotiate to free him" N'DJAMENA - An American humanitarian worker participating in an aid project was captured by Tubu rebels in Tibesti, northern Chad, rebels said today. via Sunday Times ... more
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State of Emergency Takes Effect in North, Eastern Chad
Topix - Thursday, October 18, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We still have a long, long way to go. Which on the other hand does not mean we should ever give up hope. But yeah, we still have a long way to go on both sides" Chad's government says recent violence that spurred it to call... more
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Country profile: Chad
Topix - Wednesday, October 17, 2007
p> A largely semi-desert country, Chad is rich in gold and uranium and stands to benefit from its recently-acquired status as an oil-exporting state. via BBC ... more
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State of Emergency Imposed Even As Peace Talks Conclude
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, October 16, 2007
he government of Chadian President Idriss Deby and four rebel groups are set to sign a new peace accord at a time when inter-ethnic fighting has flared and the government has declared a new state of emergency in three ... more
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CHAD: State of emergency imposed even as peace talks conclude
Topix - Tuesday, October 16, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"An official signing ceremony will take place soon in Libya in the presence of a number of heads of state to make the document public" NDJAMENA, 16 October 2007 - The government of Chadian President Idriss Deby and four rebel groups are set to sign a... more
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Ethnic clashes kill 20 in tense eastern Chad
Topix - Monday, October 15, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"There are 20 dead and lots of material damage" Regulars Interact Betel Miarom Ndjamena, Chad 15 October 2007 02:44 Twenty people were killed in ethnic clashes in east Chad after the desertion of former rebels loyal to the defence minister stoked tensions in ... via... more
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Chad defence chief urges calm as ex-rebels desert
Topix - Saturday, October 13, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I ask those who have deserted to listen to us, to be patient until we can find an amicable solution" Chad's Defence Minister Mahamat Nour called for calm on Friday after a group of former rebel fighters loyal to him deserted their positions and moved to... more
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Chad ex-rebels march to Sudan
Topix - Friday, October 12, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"They are unhappy for several reasons...These are fairly complex problems, fairly serious. I understand them" Former Chadian rebels waiting to join the national army have left their eastern bases to make for the Sudanese border, their former chief told international French radio station RFI. via... more
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CHAD: - Emergency' food insecurity despite bumper crops
Topix - Wednesday, October 10, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"But of course it will go to waste if people have to flee their farms because of insecurity." DAKAR, 10 October 2007 - With an upsurge in interethnic violence in eastern Chad, record numbers of people may soon be unable to find food for themselves, food... more
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'Emergency' Food Insecurity Despite Bumper Crops
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, October 10, 2007
ith an upsurge in interethnic violence in eastern Chad, record numbers of people may soon be unable to find food for themselves, food aid analysts ... more
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Breakaway JEM faction wants to participate in Darfur talks
Topix - Tuesday, October 09, 2007
p> The following is the text of a letter by the Commander Idrees Azrag the leader of a breakaway faction of the Justice and Equality Movement addressed to the UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon. The splinter faction ... via Sudan Tribune ... more
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