Chad

On Saturday the country commemorated the Day of Prayer for Peace and Coexistence, where religious leaders deplored a culture of violence, intercommunal conflicts and the profusion of weapons

Civil society organisations, in particular the ones for young people and women, opened a debate with the various committees set up to prepare the major national dialogue, with discussions on various issues presented to the five chairmen of committees

The National Transitional Council adopted two bills on general amnesty, one for acts of terrorism, complicity, recruitment of children under the age of 18 in armed groups and one for acts of offence against the integrity of the state and crimes of opinion

The country has planned to deploy an additional 1.000 UN blue helmets to Mali to reinforce its troops fighting armed groups there

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