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

Sudan’s Bashir heads to Chad as African rights groups call for his arrest
Friday 15 February 2013
February 14, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir will fly to Chad on Friday to attend the Community of Sahel-Saharan (CEN-SAD) summit, state media reported. Chad president Idriss Deby walks with Sudan’s president (...)
Chad president accuses Sudan of destabilisation plot
Friday 23 December 2005
Dec 22, 2005 (NDJAMENA) — Chadian President Idriss Deby on Thursday accused his Sudanese counterpart of plotting to destabilise his country, blaming Khartoum for a rebel attack on the frontier town of Adre. President Idriss Deby (...)
Sudan and Chad presidents to meet in Dakar on Wednesday
Saturday 5 August 2006
Aug 4, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — The presidents of Sudan and Chad will meet in Senegal’s capital Dakar on Wednesday in a bid to defuse tension on their common border, Senegal’s president said on Friday. President Abdoulaye Wade arrived in (...)
SPLM to negotiate with ruling party of Chad
Sunday 26 October 2008
By Daniel Van Oudenaren October 25, 2008 (WASHINGTON) — Senior leaders of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) will visit N’Djamena to take part in a “party-to-party initiative” with the ruling party of Chad, said Ezekiel Lol (...)
Chad govt, opposition agree ’historic’ deal
Tuesday 14 August 2007
August 13,2007 (NDJAMENA ) — Chad’s government and opposition agreed Monday to put off elections until 2009 and to share some power in the meantime, in a deal described by EU mediators as a "historic chance" for peace there. The accord (...)
Nearly 40 killed in Sudan’s Janjaweed attack- Chad
Wednesday 20 December 2006
Dec 19, 2006 (N’DJAMENA) — Nearly 40 people were killed in clashes between Chad’s security forces and Arab raiders on horseback who attacked two eastern villages, burning homes and mutilating their victims, the government said on Tuesday. (...)
Obstacles to getting peacekeepers in Chad
Sunday 18 February 2007
Feb 17, 2007 (DAKAR/NEW YORK) — As the United Nations Security Council prepares for discussions this week on sending peacekeepers to eastern Chad, aid agencies working there are pressing the humanitarian need for rapid deployment, but (...)
Chadians begin voting on constitutional revision
Monday 6 June 2005
N’DJAMENA, June 6 (AFP) — Polling stations in Chad opened Monday morning for a referendum on a constitutional change which would permit incumbent President Idriss Deby to stand for a currently-barred third term in 2006. The first (...)
Chad rebel group vows more attacks to oust Deby
Thursday 20 April 2006
April 19, 2006 (PARIS) — Leaders of Chad’s main rebel group accused France of propping up the African country’s government and vowed more attacks if necessary to drive Chadian President Idriss Deby from power. Tamara Acyl Ahmat In an (...)
Chad’s govt, rebels report new fighting
Wednesday 5 December 2007
December 4, 2007 (NDJAMENA) — The Chadian army fought heavy battles against rebel forces Tuesday in the east of the country near the border with Sudan’s troubled Darfur region, sources on the two sides said. Soldiers from Chad’s (...)

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