Tag: chad
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BREAKING: Chad closes border with Sudan after third clash this year with RSF
In a surprising news announced early this morning, the Republic of Chad has closed off its borders with Sudan after the Chadian army clashed with the Rapid Support Forces on the border town of Al-Tanila. This was the third clash between the Army of Chad and the RSF this year. The border closure, just like…
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Saudi Arabia condemns RSF attack on the WFP convoy: Army of Chad engages the RSF at the border for the second time this year
Saudi Arabia has issued a statement condemning the attack by the Rapid Support Forces against a World Food Programme convoy in North Kordofan, Sudan. Saudi Arabia also condemned the RSF’s attacks on civilians which are escalating as they suffer serious military defeats. Saudi Arabia is taking an increasingly public position in favour of the Sudanese…
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Sudan is undermined by neighbours and attacked from various fronts
The official army of the South Sudan government has confirmed that it has sent its troops to the Heglig oil refinery after it was captured by the Rapid Support Forces. The confirmation came just as the Sudanese Armed Forces bombed the RSF and their allies at the Heglig oil refinery with drones. The South Sudan…
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Chad’s dictator inaugurates stadium built by China: to name a street in the capital for Xi Jinping
Chad’s President  Idriss Déby has inaugurated a new sports stadium in the Mandjafa area of the capital city of N’Djamena named after himself. The stadium was built with China’s help and the Chadian President thanked his Chinese partners for the strong relationship between the two countries. The stadium is called Stade Olympique Maréchal Idriss Déby…
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The Libyan National Army reports clashes with Chadian Opposition groups after Chadian Opposition leader is arrested
The Libyan National Army of Khalifa Haftar is claiming that it has clashed and suppressed a Chadian Opposition armed-group on the Libyan-Chadian border. The Libyan National Army is blaming the Chadian Opposition for an attack on its outposts earlier this week, and says it has retaliated by attacking the base of the armed-opposition group and…
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The Chadian dictator buys Chinese anti-air systems while his people lack everything
Chadian dictator, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, described by The Maltese Herald as a warmongering dictator who is looking for a fight, has purchased up two Chinese FK-2000 systems via a $500 million loan from the United Arab Emirates. The Chadian press also speculated that these systems may be used in Sudan to support the Rapid…
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Hungarian diplomat makes soft announcement of Hungarian troops in Chad: not fake news, after all
Hungary’s Special envoy for the Sahel, Máthé László Eduárd made a soft announcement that Hungarian troops are in Chad. The Hungarian troops are en-route to the Ivory Coast on a Hungarian military plane transporting both Chadian and Hungarian military officers. Along with the announcement that Hungarian troops are travelling to the Ivory Coast with Chadian…
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Colombian mercenaries confirm they entered Sudan through the Libyan/Chad border
Colombian mercenaries who fought in Sudan on behalf of the Rapid Support Forces interviewed by The Africa Report have claimed that they entered Sudan through the Libyan/Chad border. The Libyan/Chad border in the north-west of Sudan is an important crossing point for the RSF from which it receives military aid donated by the United Arab…
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Chad’s new dictator likes playing the General: his concern may be that no one wants to fight him
Little has been written in the international press about Chad’s new dictator Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno. He took over from his father, Idriss Déby Itno, who was killed in action against separatist rebels in the north of Chad in 2021. He replaced his father as soon as he was killed but was officially confirmed as…
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Chadian Presidential Guard murder a citizen outside the Presidential Palace: second incident in three months
Last Friday, the Chadian Presidential Guard ran over a citizen with a military truck who was walking outside the Presidential Palace. Local media sources state that after hitting the citizen with the vehicles, soldiers went out of the vehicle and shot the citizen. The citizen who was executed, named Haitassidi Hinim-Bayna Jérémie, was from the…
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Hungarian Special envoy for the Sahel describes The Maltese Herald article as “Fake News”
Hungary’s special envoy for the Sahel, Máthé László Eduárd, has dismissed The Maltese Herald‘s article about the Hungarian military presence in Chad as “fake news”. In January, Hungarian troops were present in Chad with the Chadian military in a border demarcation exercise with the Libyan National Army that started from the Chad-Libya-Sudan triangle and ended…
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Hungarian troops replace French troops in north Chad
The Maltese Herald has confirmed that Hungarian troops have already replaced French troops in northern Chad. The reports are verified by various diplomatic sources and eyewitness reports. Hungarian troops took part in an exercise by the Chadian Army in coordination with the Libyan National Army over border demarcations, including the part of the border where…
