Chad

Official Name: Republic of Chad

Capital: N’Djamena

Official languages: French & Arabic

Area: 1,284,000 km2

Population: 10,329,208 (2009 estimate)

Geography

Region: Chad is landlocked country in Central Africa

Border Countries

Cameroon 1,094 km
Central African Republic 1,197 km
Libya 1,055 km
Niger 1,175 km
Nigeria 87 km
Sudan 1,360 km

Borders

Libya-Sudan border

Government - Presidential republic

President - Idriss Déby
Prime Minister - Emmanuel Nadingar

Independence from France - August 11, 1960

Currency: Central African CFA franc (XAF)

Internet TLD: .td

Calling code: +235

Videos

Al Jazeera English | Plight of Chad families in wake of "child smuggling" row | 2 November 2007

The French charity alleged to be involved in child kidnapping by Chad claims it was rescuing the children who were fleeing war-ravaged Darfur in neighbouring Sudan. Our correspondent, Mohamad Vall, went to the border town of Tine to uncover the plight of families still living there.

Links

Chad to file complaint before UN Security Council against Sudan
Monday 12 June 2006
June 11, 2006 (N’DJAMENA) — Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno is to bring Sudan before the UN Security Council for backing rebels trying to topple the controversially elected leader, Chad’s Foreign Minister said on Sunday. Chad’s FM (...)
Chad says Darfur-linked violence kills over 100
Wednesday 8 November 2006
Nov 7, 2006 (N’DJAMENA) — More than 100 people were killed in clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in southeast Chad last week, the government said on Tuesday, and it accused Arab militia raiders from Sudan of stirring up ethnic violence. (...)
Chad summons Sudan envoy on alleged arming of rebels
Thursday 29 November 2007
November 28, 2007 (NDJAMENA) — Chad’s foreign minister summoned the Sudanese ambassador Wednesday to protest about Khartoum’s alleged arming of Chadian rebels who clashed with the army, an official said. Weapons seized by the Chadian (...)
Chad sentences French Zoe’s Ark to hard labour
Thursday 27 December 2007
December 26, 2007 (N’DJAMENA) — Six French aid workers were sentenced to eight years of hard labour each after a court in Chad found them guilty on Wednesday of trying to kidnap 103 children from the African country. The head of French (...)
Chadian president to visit Sudan next Monday
Thursday 21 June 2007
June 20, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno will arrive in Khartoum next Monday June 25. His visit will be preceded on Saturday by a high-level delegation that includes the ministers of foreign affairs, defense, (...)
Libya’s Gadhafi seals Chad-Sudan reconciliation
Monday 3 July 2006
July 3, 2006 (TRIPOLI, Libya) — Muammar Gadhafi has sponsored a reconciliation agreement between Sudan and Chad as part of the Libyan leader’s efforts to iron out conflicts in Africa. Al-Bashir welcomes Libya’s Gadhafi in Khartoum, (...)
Chad’s oil creates more problems than it solves
Wednesday 12 April 2006
April 11, 2006 (N’DJAMENA) — In just under 30 months, Chad has become a typical oil-producing, African country, with allegations of rampant corruption, an ongoing fight with the World Bank and a burgeoning rebellion along the eastern (...)
Chad’s Deby wants definitive settlement to conflict with Sudan
Sunday 31 May 2009
May 30, 2009 (SABRATHA, Libya) — Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno expressed hopes today to reach a definitive settlement to the conflict with the Sudan. Chadian President Idriss Deby (Getty) Speaking in Sabaratha, west of the (...)
Chadian president snubs UN delegation
Sunday 8 June 2008
June 7, 2008 (NDJAMENA) — Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno refused to meet a visiting UN Security Council delegation, a diplomatic source in the delegation told AFP on Saturday, denouncing Deby’s move as risky. Idriss Deby (...)
Sudanese, Chadian ruling parties discuss joint cooperation
Sunday 13 March 2016
March 12, 2106 (KHARTOUM) - The ruling parties in Sudan and Chad began talks Saturday in Khartoum to implement the agreement signed between them in N’djamena last month. Chad’s President Idriss Deby (L) with President Omer al-Bashir (...)

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