machetes and knives' President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno came to power after his father, who ruled Chad with an iron first for three decades, was killed by rebels in 2021 Armed men tried to storm ...

Election officials in the upmarket district where the president's family and ruling dignitaries live put voter apathy down to the "cold weather". But opposition parties have urged Chad's eight ...

and Chad’s President Mahamat Déby transitioned to elected president in May. Scheduled elections were once again postponed in Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Mali and South Sudan, with Burkina Faso’s ...

Chadians’ trust in the democratic process has ceased completely. This bodes ill for a country that ranks as one of the ...

Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby said Chad's military is ready to protect the country from any destabilization attempt as a January 31 deadline loomed for France to withdraw its troops.

The last French troops left Chad on January 31, following an order by President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno. Chadian officials say hundreds of civilians who were employed by the French assembled in ...

Achieving “autonomous security" was an "absolute priority" for Chad, President Mahamat Idriss Deby said on Friday, a day after France vacated its last military base. France ended its military ...

In November 2024, Chad announced the end of its security and defence cooperation agreement with France. On December 10, some ...

France officially ended its decades-long military presence in Chad, its last stronghold in the West African region. The shift ...