Chad

Race against time to stop ‘humanitarian disaster’ among Sudan refugees in Chad

Coming rainy season threatens 80,000 living in ‘heartbreaking’ conditions in vulnerable border region after fleeing war at home

Lizzy Davies and agencies

24, May, 2023 @6:30 AM

Sudan’s neighbours have little to offer refugees, warns UN

Thousands of Sudanese are crossing borders into countries already severely stressed by drought, conflicts and food insecurity, UN says

Lizzy Davies

05, May, 2023 @11:00 AM

Pneumonia vaccine delays kill thousands needlessly in Africa

Access to PCV jabs in South Sudan, Somalia, Guinea and Chad ‘could save 40,000 children a year’

Sarah Johnson in Madrid

02, May, 2023 @7:00 AM

Sudan street battles threaten fragile ceasefire as Turkish plane shot

Concerns truce agreement may not hold despite three-day extension as unrest continues

Ruth Michaelson

28, Apr, 2023 @4:11 PM

Devastating floods in Nigeria were 80 times more likely because of climate crisis

Stark findings add pressure on Cop27 negotiators to deliver meaningful funding to vulnerable countries

Damian Carrington Environment editor

16, Nov, 2022 @10:00 PM

Unity ‘the only way forward’ says Chad PM as anti-junta anger rises

In interview from capital, Saleh Kebzabo says he wants powerful rebels to join transitional government

Zeinab Mohammed Salih

18, Oct, 2022 @8:00 AM

Libyan militia detains hundreds of Chadians after poachers arrested

At least 400 Chadian workers rounded up in east Libyan town of Ajdabiya after security forces in Chad arrest four Libyan poachers

Zeinab Mohammed Salih

16, Sep, 2022 @4:36 PM

Oldest human or just another ape? Row erupts over 7m-year-old fossil

Remains from Chad desert provoke rancorous dispute over whether species was earliest to walk upright

Robin McKie and Kim Willsher

03, Sep, 2022 @3:00 PM

‘Grandmothers are our weather app’: new maps and local knowledge power Chad’s climate fightback

Battered by drought and floods, the Sahelian country is on the frontline of the crisis. One woman is fighting back with community-led sustainable solutions

Alice McCool

25, Aug, 2022 @8:45 AM

Françafrique is back: Macron’s visit to Cameroon signals Colonisation 2.0

The French president sees himself as a break from old colonial ways. But his visit to the despot Paul Biya tells a different story

Vava Tampa

26, Jul, 2022 @11:45 AM

Lingui, the Sacred Bonds review – ties that bind loyalty between mother and daughter

Fierce stabs of sexuality and violence cut through the stoic calm of Chadian film-maker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s urgent drama of survival

Peter Bradshaw

04, Feb, 2022 @10:16 AM

‘I wanted to be on the side of women’: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun on his abortion drama set in Chad

The famed director and lead actor Achouackh Abakar Souleymane talk about the challenges of making a female-led movie in Chad, and being overwhelmed by audience responses

Cath Clarke

04, Feb, 2022 @7:00 AM