Tag: Chad
Regional military chiefs finalise plans to end Boko Haram
Reuters – Military chiefs from the Lake Chad region have finalised details of the deployment of a joint force to…
Chad: Around 40,000 displaced by Boko Harm in two weeks
Reuters – Around 40,000 people have fled their homes in Chad in the past two weeks following attacks by Islamist…
Where’s Shekau? Chad president messes with Boko Haram’s mind
ABUJA, (Reuters) – If Chadian President Idriss Deby is to be believed, Abubakar Shekau, the bearded and bandoliered leader of…
Chadian security forces kill seven Boko Haram militants
N’DJAMENA, (Reuters) – Chadian forces killed seven Boko Haram militants in a clash on Wednesday, a security source said, as…
19 Boko Haram militants killed in Chad
N’DJAMENA, (Reuters) – At least 19 Boko Haram fighters and two Chadian soldiers were killed in combat on Friday after…
Chadian police to arrest anyone wearing full-face veil
Chadian police on Sunday warned that anyone found wearing the Muslim full-face veil would be arrested, after a Boko Haram…
UPDATE: Man wearing burqa kills 14 in Chad
N’DJAMENA, (Reuters) – A man dressed in a woman’s burqa blew himself up in the main market in Chad’s capital…
Explosion kills at least four people in Chad’s capital
An explosion killed at least four people in the main market in Chad’s capital N’Djamena early on Saturday, a Reuters…
Boko Haram: 160, 000 Nigerians take refuge in Niger, Chad, Cameroon
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has disclosed that about 160,000 Nigerians have fled the north eastern parts of the…
Chad seizes suspected Boko Haram weapons cache in N’Djamena
N’DJAMENA, (Reuters) – Security forces in Chad have seized a large weapons cache including guns, rockets and ammunition in a…
Chad Seizes Suspected Boko Haram Weapons Cache
Security forces in Chad have seized a large weapons cache including guns, rockets and ammunition in a house in the…
Chad arrests Boko Haram leader in N’Djamena
A Chadian Public Prosecutor, Alghassim Khamis, said on Tuesday that one of the key Boko Haram leaders, Baana Fanay, who…
Chad arrests 60 militants after suicide bomb attack
N’DJAMENA, (Reuters) – Security forces in Chad have arrested 60 suspected militants and dismantled a cell responsible for two suicide…
Chad bans Islamic veil after Boko Haram attacks, divides Muslims
N’Djamena (AFP) – Chad’s decision to ban women from wearing the Islamic veil, which came two days after bloody suicide…
Chad to arrest foreigners following Boko Haram attacks
Chadian Prime Minister, Kalzeube Deubet, on Friday, said that following the recent Boko Haram attack in two suicide blasts in…