Chad

The international fair for investors and project managers ends today at the Palais du 15 janvier in N'Djamena; it is an initiative of the General Confederation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises aimed at opening investment windows for foreign companies

Chadian Brahim Seïd has been appointed executive secretary of the Pan-African Great Green Wall Agency, an interstate agency created in 2010 to manage the Great Green Wall project

Chadian artist Doff works are visible for the first time in Paris, at the Art-Z gallery, in the exhibition "Inhabiting the earth" closing today; pieces are made of objects such as wire oxidized by time, bullet casings consumed by rust, worn out fabrics

Timane Erdimi, the leader of the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR), an alliance of several rebel groups, said he was willing to participate in the pre-dialogue and the inclusive national dialogue under certain conditions

The Chadian Chief of Air Staff has assured the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) of air support to its troops by the Chadian Air Force, in ongoing counter-insurgency operations

The country has been readmitted to international football after Fifa ended a six-month suspension originally given for government interference in the game

Wakit Tama, the coalition of political parties and civil society associations, has stated that it will not participate in the inclusive national dialogue until the conditions are in place for a dialogue involving all Chadians

According to UNHCR's latest report, 53% of refugees aged 6-18 in the country could be out of school, +2% from March 2020, before the pandemic forced the closing of schools

Protesters took to the streets demanding a return to civilian rule after the military took control following the death of President Idriss Deby

Due to a critic liquidity problem, the country needs to renegotiate its public debt with private creditors as the International Monetary Fund has rated the debt "unsustainable"

The II edition of the National Youth Forum will be held very soon in N'Djamena, to examine in depth the current problems and challenges of Chadian youth and propose feasible solutions

Along the Logone River, shared with Cameroon, the use of artisanal fishing methods and recent scarcity of fish are leading the two communities to clashes, allegedly accusing one another of using inappropriate fishing gear