Defending champions Ivory Coast and Equatorial Guinea have both qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations without playing, as the second-to-last round of qualifiers began on Wednesday. Ivory Coast secured their spot in the top two of Group G following Sierra Leone’s 1-1 draw with Chad. EDITOR’S PICKS Electricity Meter Costs Rise Again As … Read more
Chad’s military conducted air strikes that inflicted “many dead and wounded” against Boko Haram fighters, President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno announced on Thursday. “We carried out multiple air strikes on enemy positions that caused significant casualties,” Deby told reporters in the Lake Chad region, though he did not provide exact figures. EDITOR’S PICKS ‘I Feel … Read more
President Bola Tinubu to attend the inauguration of Chad’s President-elect Mahamat Déby in N’Djamena. Déby’s election victory was affirmed by Chad’s Constitutional Court earlier this month. Tinubu’s departure from Abuja for N’Djamena is set for Thursday, May 23, according to his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Bola … Read more
Chadian Prime Minister Succes Masra resigns following the presidential election won by junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno. Masra, who received 18.5% of the votes, contests the election results, calling them a “masquerade.” Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno assumed presidency after his father’s assassination in 2021 and secured 61% of the votes in the recent election. … Read more
Tinubu congratulates Chad’s President-Elect, Mahamat Déby, on his recent election victory. Tinubu’s statement, released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. The successful conduct of elections in Chad underscores the mutual desire for enhanced peace, security, and shared prosperity between Nigeria and Chad. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Bola Tinubu congratulated Chad’s … Read more
Human rights activists said Chad was a ruthless, one-party state under the rule of the Dictator from 1982 to 1990. A fearsome security service headed by members of Habre’s Gorane ethnic group was placed in every village, documenting even the slightest transgressions against the dictator, they said. Former Chad dictator, Hissene Habre, the first former … Read more
Special Assistant to Nigeria Senate President on media, Abu Sidiq has taken to his official media page to share a very sad update about the current situation in the Republic of Chad. In a post on Twitter, Abu Sidiq revealed that the interim Head of State in Chad is already involved in some power move … Read more
Buhari called for greater collaboration to “defeat the terrorists”. President Muhammadu Buhari says the death of President Idriss Deby of Chad could erode the gains made in the war against Boko Haram. Buhari said this while reacting to the death of the West Africa nation leader, noting that his demise could create a vaccum in … Read more
The Chadian Army, on Tuesday, appointed the 37-year-old son of the late President, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, as the new leader of the country. Idriss Deby died while visiting troops on the front line of a fight against northern rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday. The Chadian Army, on Tuesday, announced the 37-year-old son … Read more
Chad’s President Idriss Deby is dead. Deby, 68, “has just breathed his last defending the sovereign nation on the battlefield” over the weekend, army spokesman General Azem Bermandoa Agouna said in a statement read out on state television. Chad’s President Idriss Deby is dead. He died while visiting troops on the front line of a … Read more
The clashes in the south-eastern region of Salamat erupted between different ethnic groups on Wednesday night. At least 55 people were killed and more than 40 injured as three villages were burnt during fighting in the central African country of Chad, a governor told DPA on Friday. The affected were the villages around the provincial … Read more
Deby bemoaned the infrequent operations of task force “The resilience of Boko Haram and the Islamic states in the Lake Chad Basin has been unprecedented” – Deby Président Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday hosted his Chadian counterpart, Idriss Déby, at the presidential villa in Aso Rock, Abuja. The details of the meeting between the president of … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently holding a meeting with the President of the Republic of Chad, Idriss Deby, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. President Deby arrived at the State House about 12:15 pm as he was welcomed by President Buhari who introduced some members of his cabinet to him. Dignitaries with President Buhari at … Read more
Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has donated ₦10,000 each to 5,000 families of Nigerian refugees in Chad. The governor travelled to Chad on Tuesday through the Nigerian side of the Lake Chad to meet Borno citizens taking refuge at Darsalam refugee camp in Baga Sola, a border community in the Republic of Chad. Zulum, … Read more
Chad says it has revoked the legislation that stipulated a death penalty for terrorism-related crimes in the country. The country’s parliament announced this on Tuesday. The revocation of the law is coming five years after its promulgation. The new law would replace the July 3, 2015 legislation which made acts of terrorism punishable by death. … Read more
Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly taken over Borno community. A report sighted on Sahara Reporters by Ekohotblog , said Boko Haram terrorists are currently attacking Ngala in Borno State, northeast Nigeria. This online news platform understands that the attack comes less than 24 hours after the insurgents pounced on Kirchinga under Madagali Local Government Area … Read more