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Boko Haram attack calls into question pilot training

A deadly Boko Haram attack near Lake Chad in late October has prompted the Chadian armed forces to consider further counter-insurrection training for its pilots.

Free access Defence 14.11.2024

BEAC and extractive industry professionals prolong negotiations on rehabilitation funds

Oil and mining companies operating within CEMAC had undertaken to reach an agreement with the bloc's central bank by 1 January, but are now aiming to do so four months later.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining 05.11.2024

ECCAS in need of CFA 15bn

The Economic Community of Central African States needs to find between €22m and €27m if it is to continue to operate.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.11.2024

Bank of Central African States emblem in Libreville, Gabon, in 2019. © Laurent Moreau/Hemis via AFP

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BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

The Bank of Central African States has for months been negotiating with mining and oil companies to repatriate part of their revenues from the region. Three days of talks in Paris in July stalled on two sensitive points: interest rates and the question of immunity.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 23.07.2024

Chad's president Mahamat Idriss Déby in N'Djamena, on 14 April 2024. © Denis Sassou Gueipeur/AFP

Mahammat Idriss Déby cancels Élysée visit

The Chadian president was scheduled to visit Paris on 15 July but has decided to cancel the trip after finding out that an investigation has been opened in France into his alleged "misappropriation of public funds".

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.07.2024

Chadian president Mahamat Idriss Deby in N'Djamena on 23 May 2024. © Joris Bolomey / AFP

Mahamat Idriss Déby expected at Elysée Palace

The Chadian president is due to meet Emmanuel Macron in Paris on 15 July. Their discussions will focus on the future of France's presence in Chad.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 08.07.2024

Telecoms: N-Soft wins another round against N'Djamena to recover €25m

The Paris Court of Appeal has cleared the way for telecoms company N-Soft to apply for exequatur in its dispute with N'Djamena, paving the way for the firm to take over the Chadian government's assets to cover the debt's payment.

Subscribers only Business 23.09.2024

Authorities to mark inauguration of new sports stadium with great fanfare

The Mandjafa stadium on the outskirts of N'Djamena will be inaugurated in 2025. Built by a Chinese company and financed by Beijing, its construction is being closely monitored by President Mahamat Idriss Déby.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 11.09.2024

Kagame prepares for EECAS chairmanship

The Economic Community of Central African States will return to business with an ordinary meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on 18 September.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.09.2024

BEAC entrance exam scandal: an ongoing headache for new governor

Yvon Sana Bangui, the economist who has headed the Central African States Central Bank since the start of the year, is looking for a solution to the entrance exam controversy that he inherited from his predecessor Abbas Mahamat Tolli.

Subscribers only Business 16.07.2024

Gulf of Guinea naval officers gather in Brest

They have been in France since 12 June for a seminar on bilateral cooperation.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 14.06.2024

President Déby calls on US private military company

The Chadian president is playing a delicate diplomatic and military balancing act between Russia and the United States.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 04.06.2024

EU split over endorsement of Mahamat Idriss Deby's election

Member states are divided over the line to take on a ballot overshadowed by suspicions of fraud. Despite the publication of the final results and the rejection of the legal challenges to the official presidential election result, prudence appears to be the preferred policy.

Subscribers only Politics 20.05.2024

Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby in N'Djamena on 6 May 2024.

ASECNA: Succès Masra campaigns for Chadian candidate

During a recent tour between Washington and Paris, the prime minister of Chad was accompanied by former infrastructure minister Adoum Younousmi, who is in the running to head up the Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA).

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.03.2024

Déby buoyed by new rapid intervention force

Several months ago, Chad's interim leader, who hopes to legitimise his position in next month's presidential election, set up a crack military unit that earned its stripes last week in an operation that cost opposition leader Yaya Dillo Djérou his life.

Subscribers only Defence 07.03.2024

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Chad

Boko Haram attack calls into question pilot training

BEAC and extractive industry professionals prolong negotiations on rehabilitation funds

ECCAS in need of CFA 15bn

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BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Mahammat Idriss Déby cancels Élysée visit

Mahamat Idriss Déby expected at Elysée Palace

Telecoms: N-Soft wins another round against N'Djamena to recover €25m

Authorities to mark inauguration of new sports stadium with great fanfare

Kagame prepares for EECAS chairmanship

BEAC entrance exam scandal: an ongoing headache for new governor

Gulf of Guinea naval officers gather in Brest

President Déby calls on US private military company

EU split over endorsement of Mahamat Idriss Deby's election

ASECNA: Succès Masra campaigns for Chadian candidate

Déby buoyed by new rapid intervention force

N'Djamena champions its candidate for AfDB top job in Abidjan

EU prepares its disarmament programme in restive Lake Chad Basin

Mahamat Idriss Déby pays strategic visit to Moscow

N'Djamena turns to Brussels for funds to disarm and reintegrate rebels

N'Djamena moves to clean up gold mining in Tibesti

Paris to fund further natural resource mapping

Indian bank Blend Finance's big CEMAC promise

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EU resumes military aid to N'Djamena

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Chad

Boko Haram attack calls into question pilot training

BEAC and extractive industry professionals prolong negotiations on rehabilitation funds

ECCAS in need of CFA 15bn

Spotlight BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight

Mahammat Idriss Déby cancels Élysée visit

Mahamat Idriss Déby expected at Elysée Palace

Telecoms: N-Soft wins another round against N'Djamena to recover €25m

Authorities to mark inauguration of new sports stadium with great fanfare

Kagame prepares for EECAS chairmanship

BEAC entrance exam scandal: an ongoing headache for new governor

Gulf of Guinea naval officers gather in Brest

President Déby calls on US private military company

EU split over endorsement of Mahamat Idriss Deby's election

ASECNA: Succès Masra campaigns for Chadian candidate

Déby buoyed by new rapid intervention force

N'Djamena champions its candidate for AfDB top job in Abidjan

EU prepares its disarmament programme in restive Lake Chad Basin

Mahamat Idriss Déby pays strategic visit to Moscow

N'Djamena turns to Brussels for funds to disarm and reintegrate rebels

N'Djamena moves to clean up gold mining in Tibesti

Paris to fund further natural resource mapping

Indian bank Blend Finance's big CEMAC promise

N'Djamena struggles to secure donor help with refugee crisis

EU resumes military aid to N'Djamena

Hungary embarks on military and diplomatic drive in N'Djamena

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

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BEAC and extractive companies fund repatriation talks enter final straight