A leading critic of Chad’s military leader, Mahamat Déby, has been killed in a shootout with security forces, officials say. Yaya Dillo’s death comes after the government blamed him for a deadly attack on the country’s security agency. He denied the accusation. On Wednesday, heavy gunfire was heard near his party’s headquarters in the capital, N’Djamena….
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Chad allowed back into international competition.
Last updated at 0758 EAT on 13 October 2021 by Faith Barbara Namagembe. #hicginewsagencysport. Chad have been readmitted to international football after Fifa ended a suspension, originally handed out for governmental interference in football, that had lasted six months. Football’s world governing body body banned Chad after the country’s minister of youth and sports dissolved the Country’s Football…
Chad unrest- military claims victory over rebels in the north
N’Djamena Updated at 14:42 GMT on Monday 10th May 2021 Chad’s military claimed victory on Sunday in its weeks-long battle with northern rebels that led to the death of President Idriss Deby on the battlefield. However, the rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) said it was not aware of an end…
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