The ruling junta failed to reach an agreement with the opposition or the rebels and the national dialogue, initially scheduled for 15 February and already postponed to 10 May, has been postponed to 20 August

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

Parliamentary, provincial and municipal elections will be held on 29/12, a date made known 5 days after the promulgation of the organic law establishing the composition of Parliament; last National Assembly election was held in February 2011

At least 54 people died as a result of flooding in six departments of Tibesti province in northern Chad, thousands of shops and vehicles were washed away