Succès Masra, the former prime minister and leader of Chad's main opposition party, was arrested at his residence in N'Djamena, a watchdog reports, raising concerns of escalating harassment and threats against the opposition party Les Transformateurs

Chad helped over 20.000 Sudanese refugees in the Treguine and Breidjing camps along in the Ouaddai region in the eastern part of the country; the United Arab Emirates sent 5.000 food parcels

A proposal to support divorced women, providing them with better protection, is causing controversy and has led the government to take distance

Emergency, an Italian NGO, will support the government with initiatives to improve access to healthcare, particularly in Chad's most remote areas, in an agreement between Emergency and the Minister of Public Health