World
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Africa
3/24/2024 6:59:09 PM
Authorities in Chad said on Sunday they had barred 10 candidates, including two fierce opponents of the military regime, from standing in the presidential election on May 6.
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World
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Africa
3/10/2024 7:05:14 PM
Chad's junta-appointed prime minister on Sunday said he would contest May 6 presidential elections, eight days after incumbent Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno announced his candidacy.
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World
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Africa
3/2/2024 5:41:21 PM
Chad junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno said Saturday he would contest a May 6 presidential election, just three days after his chief rival was killed in murky circumstances.
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World
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Africa
3/2/2024 1:35:33 PM
Human Rights Watch on Saturday called for a foreign-backed independent investigation into the killing of Chad's leading opposition figure, after Chad's main opposition party on Friday accused junta soldiers of having executed its leader "at point blank range" in an assault on the party's headquarters ahead of a long-promised May election.
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World
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Africa
3/2/2024 1:21:11 PM
The death of the leading opponent to Chad's junta chief in an army raid on his party headquarters this week leaves different scenarios for the African country before elections in May, an expert told AFP.
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World
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Africa
2/29/2024 12:09:42 PM
A "general search" of vehicles and passersby was under way late Wednesday in Chad's capital after gunfire erupted near an opposition party's headquarters.
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World
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Africa
2/27/2024 8:16:07 PM
Chad will hold a presidential election first-round vote on May 6, ending a transition period that will have lasted three years, the electoral commission announced on Tuesday.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
2/26/2024 10:00:39 AM
Authorities loyal to the army in war-ravaged Sudan have blocked cross-border aid to the western Darfur region, a move decried by aid workers and the United States.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
2/14/2024 2:59:41 PM
Nearly 700,000 people who fled from violence in Sudan to eastern Chad are now facing extreme neglect and a daily struggle for survival, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said.
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World
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Africa
1/1/2024 5:28:39 PM
Chad's transitional president General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Monday appointed a former leading opposition leader, who recently returned from exile, as prime minister.
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World
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War in Sudan
12/27/2023 12:08:25 PM
Sitting outside her makeshift shelter in eastern Chad, Sudanese refugee Mariam Adam Yaya warmed up tea on some firewood in a bid to quell the pangs of hunger.
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World
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Africa
12/24/2023 10:02:50 PM
Chad's new constitution was approved by 86 percent of voters in a referendum held a week ago, the African country's electoral commission said Sunday, but opposition leaders challenged the figures.
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World
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Africa
12/17/2023 5:28:04 PM
Polls opened in Chad on Sunday for a referendum on a new constitution, a vote seen as a key step toward elections and the return of civilian rule promised, but postponed, by the ruling military junta.
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Books
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Reviews
9/24/2023 12:23:58 PM
In a book that mixes an eyewitness account with history and political insight, Khaled Mansour offers a close-up view on Taliban as an organic part of the Afghanistan story
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World
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Region
9/3/2023 10:24:23 PM
Flooding caused by torrential rain has killed eight people in western Algeria, the country's civil defence service said on Sunday.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
9/1/2023 12:47:04 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Sudan's war have crossed into Chad to find themselves in overcrowded camps, sweltering in plastic huts and awaiting healthcare that never comes.
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World
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Africa
8/26/2023 11:26:16 AM
Libyan troops led by General Khalifa Haftar (Libyan National Army) launched an airborne assault on a Chadian rebel headquarters in the southern desert late Friday, his office said.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
8/23/2023 1:05:20 PM
After hiding at home for weeks, Sudanese refugees evaded militias in Darfur and fled on foot to neighbouring Chad with children on their backs and safety their destination.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/15/2023 9:46:28 PM
Recent developments in Niger and other West African countries should act as a wake-up call to the Western countries to reassess their priorities in the region.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/9/2023 9:03:00 PM
Al-Ahram Weekly follows up on efforts, spearheaded by Egypt, to help Sudan escape its current crisis.
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