5,518,253 |
12.1085 |
15.0482 |
Chad |
|
80 US soldiers (two teams of 40) have been sent to Chad to assist in searching for the Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram |
5,518,258 |
12.1085 |
15.0482 |
Chad |
|
France has officially announced the end of Operation Serval and the beginning of Operation Barkhane, which will focus on anti-terrorism in the broader Sahel region, in partnership with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, to be based in N'Djamena; 1000 troops will continue to be stationed in Mali, while 3000 total will be deployed across the Sahel; they will be supported by 3 drones, 20 helicopters, 6 fighter jets, 200 armoured vehicles and 10 transport aircraft. |
5,518,262 |
12.79273 |
14.70417 |
Chad |
|
Boko Haram militants crossed into Chad from Kirenowa and killed six Nigerians taking refuge in the village of Dubuwa. |
5,518,267 |
13.8167 |
20.8167 |
Chad |
|
20 people were killed while another 50 were wounded in ethnic clashes between Arabs and Ouaddaians in Jaradet. The military sent helicopters to intervene to break up the violence. |
5,518,271 |
13.5 |
14.68333 |
Chad |
|
The Chadian military is reported to have arrested six Boko Haram suspects leading a convoy of 85 kidnapped Nigerians near Lake Chad. Those released are believed to have been part of the roughly 100 boys and men kidnapped by Boko Haram from a fishing village in Nigeria recently. |
5,518,274 |
8.67494 |
16.85457 |
Chad |
|
Protests over fuel shortage. |
5,518,280 |
12.1085 |
15.0482 |
Chad |
|
Prisoners protested, police forces fired shots in the air. Reports of one death and others injured. |
5,518,285 |
12.1085 |
15.0482 |
Chad |
|
Lawyers, notaries and baillifs went on strike for unpaid wages |
5,518,289 |
8.6996 |
16.0679 |
Chad |
|
Youth attacked a filling station and petrol tanker during demonstrations, and security agents intervenced and chased the demonstrators. |
5,518,293 |
12.1085 |
15.0482 |
Chad |
|
Youth attacked state-owned vehicles during protests, and security agents intervened and chased the demonstrators. |