In recognition of his intervention in the Chadian transition, Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi will have a street named after him in Chad

The government appealed to the population to help tackle the deadly floods caused by torrential rains and rising waters of the Chari River, which runs through the capital N'Djamena

President Mahamat Déby Itno would be planning to travel to France to attend the summit of the International Organisation of La Francophonie on 4 and 5 October, according to Jeune Afrique

Several people, including six aid workers from the NGO Alima-Alerte Santé, were kidnapped during a raid in Fendé 2; UN Humanitarian Coordination Office condemned the kidnapping in what he defined the 'strongest terms'

Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, who travelled to Beijing as part of the Sino-African Cooperation Forum, then left for Budapest to finalise a military partnership that had been under discussion for almost a year