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Is Chad Ending its Official Use of Child Soldiers?
Global Voices Online - Thursday, May 17, 2007
p> Prisma International writes that the Chadian government plans to discharge all child soldiers [Fr] currently serving in its army. A UNICEF investigation counted 400 children between the ages of eight and eleven among the ranks of Chad’s armed forces.
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The Star launches tie-up
Topix - Thursday, May 17, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"It's a chance of a lifetime to participate in this rare occasion in conjunction with the country's golden jubilee celebrations." PETALING JAYA: The Star has launched its partnership with sponsors of the Happy 50 Malaysia contest to bring Malaysians together as the country celebrates... more
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ICRC boosts response to growing humanitarian crisis in eastern Chad
Topix - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The ICRC's teams are concentrating their efforts on the unstable and less accessible regions of eastern Chad" Mounting humanitarian needs in eastern Chad, caused primarily by a worsening crisis of internal displacement, have prompted the International Committee of the Red Cross to appeal to donors for... more
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Complex Conflict With No Solution in Sight
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
ccording to the International Crisis Group, Chad has reinforced the intransigence by supporting the warring factions. Attempts at finding peace are further complicated by the defections and the emergence of splinter rebel ... more
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Chad: Strike Goes Almost Unnoticed
Topix - Monday, May 14, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The government has just received massive amounts of money, which is being used for other purposes such as buying arms. If we wait until September this money will already be spent. So we must act now" In most countries, a nationwide strike at schools, universities, hospitals... more
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Governments Look Away as Crisis Worsens
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 14, 2007
s the UN appeals for an extra US$23,415,570 for the humanitarian crisis in Chad in Geneva today, international agency Oxfam criticized international donors, particularly Germany, France, Japan, Italy, Spain and Australia, for their inadequate or non-existent response to the existing UN appeal and called on them to give generously to... more
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300,000 flee as Darfur's war crosses into Chad By ...
Topix - Sunday, May 13, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I could not defend my child. The man was taller than me and he was carrying a gun. I just watched him take my child away." "My little girl was crying and calling for me, but I could not do anything," said Mrs Gassi. via... more
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Chad Signs Agreement to End Child Soldier Recruitment
Topix - Saturday, May 12, 2007
p> Chad's Minister of Foreign Affairs has signed an agreement with the United Nations to end child soldier recruitment. via Voice of America ... more
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UN Seeks Additional $23 Million to Aid Thousands More Displaced
allAfrica.com - Friday, May 11, 2007
ith the number of people displaced by violence in eastern Chad nearly tripling in the past half year, to some 140,000 from less than 50,000 in November, the United Nations today appealed for $23 million in supplementary funds to cover their basic needs for the next three ... more
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Chad: Govt Agrees to Demobilize Child Soldiers
Topix - Friday, May 11, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"UNICEF places the utmost importance on the protection of children, especially those affected by conflict" The United Nations Children's Fund has reached an agreement with the Government of Chad for the demobilization of child soldiers across the African country. via AllAfrica.com ... more
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Govt Agrees to Demobilize Child Soldiers
allAfrica.com - Friday, May 11, 2007
he United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reached an agreement with the Government of Chad for the demobilization of child soldiers across the African ... more
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ENVIRONMENT-CHAD: Plastic Bags Convenient, Ubiquitous, Stifling
Topix - Thursday, May 10, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"These trees will die, for certain. They will die because the waste thrown into the dump is mostly made up of these non-degradable plastic bags." You see them in roads, public squares and dump sites. Even more are unearthed when road building operations get underway in... more
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Plastic Bags Convenient, Ubiquitous, Stifling
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 10, 2007
ou see them in roads, public squares and dump sites. Even more are unearthed when road building operations get underway in Chad's capital, N'Djamena, making plastic bags one of the biggest sources of pollution in the ... more
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Chad signs deal to demobilize child soldiers
Topix - Thursday, May 10, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"There are clearly a considerable number of children" By Stephanie Hancock N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad pledged on Wednesday to work to demobilize hundreds of child soldiers fighting in the ranks of the government army and rebel groups across the conflict-torn central African country. President... more
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Traffickers targeting poorest countries
IRIN - Wednesday, May 09, 2007
rganised crime is on the rise across the Sahel region of West Africa as traffickers target the ancient trading regionâ??s remote desert routes and cities to move drugs, people and illicit goods across borders and to Europe, officials and analysts ... more
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Strategic shift in battle against region's high death toll
IRIN - Wednesday, May 09, 2007
very year in the Sahel region of West Africa, hundreds of thousands of children die, and malnutrition means millions of others will live on with permanent mental disability and physical ... more
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Kadhafi says Riyadh deal on Sudan-Chad peace pointless
Topix - Wednesday, May 09, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"There are question marks over the reasons why the Riyadh accord was signed, given that similar accords had (previously) been signed in Tripoli and Syrte" News Article by AFP posted on May 08, 2007 at 16:03:40: EST Kadhafi says Riyadh deal on Sudan-Chad peace pointless TRIPOLI,... more
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CHAD: Rapprochement with Sudan unlikely to ease humanitarian suffering
Topix - Tuesday, May 08, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"All the levels of conflict are linked but these inter-communal conflicts are what have so far had the worst humanitarian impact" The presidents of Chad and Sudan last week agreed to stop conflict spilling across their borders but critics say the agreement is unlikely to reduce... more
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UN Chief Welcomes Chad Reconciliation Agreement
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 07, 2007
ecretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the latest agreement between Chad and Sudan aimed at calming tensions in the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur and the eastern area of the neighbouring ... more
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Agreement Unlikely to Ease Suffering
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 07, 2007
he presidents of Chad and Sudan last week agreed to stop conflict spilling across their borders but critics say the agreement is unlikely to reduce the level of violence and will have little impact on the humanitarian crisis that has displaced an estimated 140,000 ... more
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