Chad

Official Name: Republic of Chad

Capital: N’Djamena

Official languages: French & Arabic

Area: 1,284,000 km2

Population: 10,329,208 (2009 estimate)

Geography

Region: Chad is landlocked country in Central Africa

Border Countries

Cameroon 1,094 km
Central African Republic 1,197 km
Libya 1,055 km
Niger 1,175 km
Nigeria 87 km
Sudan 1,360 km

Borders

Libya-Sudan border

Government - Presidential republic

President - Idriss Déby
Prime Minister - Emmanuel Nadingar

Independence from France - August 11, 1960

Currency: Central African CFA franc (XAF)

Internet TLD: .td

Calling code: +235

Videos

Al Jazeera English | Plight of Chad families in wake of "child smuggling" row | 2 November 2007

The French charity alleged to be involved in child kidnapping by Chad claims it was rescuing the children who were fleeing war-ravaged Darfur in neighbouring Sudan. Our correspondent, Mohamad Vall, went to the border town of Tine to uncover the plight of families still living there.

Links

353 Sudanese refugee return to West Darfur from Chad
Saturday 1 December 2018
November 30, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan’s Refugee Commission said 353 refugees have returned to West Darfur State from Chad. The semi-official Sudan Media Center quoted the Darfur refugee commissioner Mujeeb al-Rahman Mohamed as saying (...)
Sudan, UNHCR welcome return of 53 Sudanese refugees from Chad
Tuesday 17 April 2018
April 16, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and Sudan’s Commissioner of Refugees Hamad El-Gizouli have welcomed the return of 53 Sudanese refugees from Chad. “The returnees were warmly received by the Commissioner of Tina (...)
Sudan to re-open trade points with Chad and South Sudan soon
Monday 26 November 2018
November 25, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - Sudan’s State Minister of International Trade Abu al-Bishr Abdel-Rahman on Sunday said the border crossing points with Chad and South Sudan would be re-opened soon. Sudanese military personnel inspect (...)
244 Sudanese refugees return to North Darfur from Chad
Saturday 15 December 2018
December 14, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - The government of North Darfur State said 244 refugees have returned to Tina locality from Chad. The semi-official Sudan Media Center quoted the commissioner of Tina locality Al-Sadig Ibrahim Shargo as (...)
UN urges implementation of border agreement among Sudan, Libya and Chad
Saturday 8 September 2018
September 7, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - The United Nations special envoy to Libya Ghassan Salameh has called on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to seek to implement the border agreement signed between Sudan, Libya and Chad. More than 60 people (...)
Sudan, Libya, Chad and Niger border committee to meet at end of month
Monday 19 November 2018
November 18, 2018 (KHARTOUM) The Foreign Ministers of Sudan, Chad, Niger and Libya have agreed to hold an extraordinary meeting of the joint border security committee among the four countries at the end of the month, said El-Dirdeiry (...)
Sudan’s capital gripped in nuptials of Chad’s Deby, daughter of Darfur militia leader
Saturday 21 January 2012
January 20, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – 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 (...)
Sudan, Libya, Chad and Niger border committee to meet in Ndjamena
Tuesday 23 October 2018
October 22, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - The 4th ministerial meeting to strengthen the security of the joint border among Sudan, Libya, Chad and Niger would be held in Ndjamena on Wednesday. The two-day meeting would be held with the (...)
Sudan, Chad to sign border trade protocol
Saturday 8 December 2018
December 7, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - The government of West Darfur State on Friday said it would sign an agreement to open a border trade point with Chad in mid-December. The deputy governor of West Darfur Mohamed Biraima said a delegation (...)
South Sudan hosts consultative conference for fragile states
Thursday 20 October 2011
By Ngor Arol Garang 19 October 2011 (JUBA) - A two day consultative conference on fragile states concluded in South Sudan’s capital Juba on Wednesday, as the economic situation in the new nation worsens, with inflation rising over 60%. (...)

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