Civil society groups say UN peacekeepers will protect civilians from rebels during parliamentary and local elections set for next April
Gabon’s military says it deployed troops Saturday to towns and villages and reinforced an ongoing dusk-to-dawn curfew from midnight to 5 a.m. to protect civilians and make sure there is peace and civilians are protected before, during and after the voting
State TV reports fighters fled after clashes with Chadian forces over weekend that killed more than 100 Boko Haram fighters as well as close to 20 Chadian soldiers
The Islamist militant group killed 40 Chadian soldiers in an attack on a military garrison last month
Officials from Chad say its military is not getting enough assistance to fight the terrorist group
President Deby has ordered that flags be flown at half-mast and that all radio and tv stations in the central African states should play only religious music for three days from October 28 at midnight.
Chad is depending on the African Development Bank and the European Union for logistics and funding to get linked to a planned trans-Saharan network
The new charter would also remove the post of prime minister and outlaw intimate relations between people of the same sex
President Paul Biya disappeared from public view for over a month following an official visit to China
Opposition and civil society groups say they are concerned about the president’s long absence
Some Chadians suspect the government ordered an internet shutdown to hinder campaigning for December elections, but officials say the outage was caused by flooding which broke fiber-optic cables
Breast cancer deaths are highly unreported in the West African country because families abandon women to die at home
Governor is demanding the return of two abducted officials; tax issues loom in background
Paul Biya has not been seen or heard from in more than 5 weeks, since his trip to China
Longtime leader Paul Biya has not been seen in public since early September
Officials say fresh flooding has forced at least 70,000 people out of temporary camps that were set up for flood victims along country’s northern border with Chad and Nigeria
Organization of Islamic Cooperation officials acknowledge these issues, among others, have plunged most civilians in 57-member organization into poverty
Rights groups say six journalists have been assaulted by gunmen in the past weeks, while several reporters and a radio station have been ordered to stop broadcasting
Mpox has been designated a public health emergency of international concern
Political opposition and civil society say most qualified voters are reluctant to register because they think President Paul Biya plans to rig elections
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