Chad is set to become the first of Africa’s current junta-led states to move to democratic rule with Monday’s presidential vote. It will end a three-year transition imposed after the sudden death of long-serving leader Idriss Deby Itno while fighting rebels. But as his son, and successor, Gen Mahamat Déby is one of the favourites […]
The trial of Chad Doerman, the Clermont County father accused of killing his three sons, could be delayed until next year. Doerman’s defense team filed a motion April 30 to take the death penalty off the table due to an Ohio law passed in 2021. The law signed by Gov. Mike DeWine bans the death […]
By Mahamat Ramadane and Idrissa Sangare N’DJAMENA/BAMAKO (Reuters) – In Chad’s scorching capital N’Djamena, housewife Sylvie Belrangar turned the handle of a tap but nothing trickled out as water shortages and extreme temperatures sweep parts of West and North-Central Africa’s Sahel region. “The president promised water and electricity. But since then, we’ve seen nothing,” she […]
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will withdraw dozens of Special Operations forces from Chad in the next few days, the second major blow in a week to U.S. security and counterterrorism policy in a volatile swath of West and Central Africa, U.S. officials said Thursday. The decision to pull out about 75 Army Special Forces personnel […]
There have been 10 witnesses called so far in Chad Daybell’s criminal trial. The 55-year-old father is accused of first-degree murder and conspiring to commit murder in the deaths of two of his wife’s children, 7-year-old JJ Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, whose bodies were found buried in Chad Daybell’s property, and his then-wife, Tammy […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man charged with three murders in an unusual doomsday-focused case crafted an alternate reality so that he could fulfill “his desire for sex, money and power,” a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday morning. “When he had a chance at what he considered his rightful destiny, he made sure no person […]
Chad Daybell is someone with a “desire for sex, money and power” and who labels people standing in the way of his dreams as “zombies” and “dark spirits,” prosecutors said. The remarks were made during opening statements Wednesday in Daybell’s triple-murder trial. He and his current wife, Lori Vallow, were charged in connection with the […]
N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — An explosive device detonated and killed seven soldiers in Chad during a patrol in the country’s west near Lake Chad, the government says. The interim president, Mahamat Deby Itno, announced the deaths Monday on social media. Chadian authorities said they suspected Boko Haram extremists from Nigeria were behind the attack, renewing […]
METCHE CAMP, Chad (AP) — Overcrowded refugee camps in eastern Chad are set to run out of money soon, exacerbating a dire humanitarian crisis caused by the spillover from a deadly conflict in Sudan, the United Nations said. More than a million people in Chad, including refugees, face losing access to lifesaving aid unless more […]
(Bloomberg) — Chad’s Prime Minister Succes Masra confirmed his candidacy for the country’s May 6 presidential election in front of supporters in the capital N’Djamena on Sunday. Most Read from Bloomberg Masra, a former opposition leader, will face interim President Mahamat Deby, who’s contesting the vote under the banner of the newly-formed For a United […]
An opposition leader in Chad has been killed during a shootout with security forces, officials say. Yaya Dillo’s death comes after the government blamed him for a deadly attack on the country’s security agency. He denied the accusation. On Wednesday, heavy gunfire was heard near his party’s headquarters in the capital, N’Djamena. Mr Dillo is […]
Several people have been killed in an attack on the headquarters of Chad’s National Security Agency, the government says. “The situation is now completely under control,” the government said. It said members of the Socialist Party Without Borders (PSF) have been arrested and will be prosecuted. The attack in the capital, N’Djamena, came hours after […]