Opposition supporters reportedly have used clubs and iron bars to prevent the ruling MPS party from holding rallies
Chad's military says it has deployed several hundred troops along border with Cameroon to stop rebels from abducting civilians after armed men kidnapped a dozen Cameroonians
Officials, meeting in Cameroon, say their goal is to invest some of what they collectively spend on importing fish each year, and put that funding into developing local fish farms
Several hundred truck drivers say they’re stranded at border
Clerics, traditional rulers are targets of educational campaign to prevent early marriages, sexual abuse
Chad’s president is ending the country’s defense cooperation agreements with France
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
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