Chad: Voting begins as opposition parties call for election boycott

Voting has begun in general elections in Chad, which President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has portrayed as a key step in a transition to democracy but are being boycotted by the country’s…

Chad: N’Djamena cuts military agreement with France

Chad has said it is terminating a key defence cooperation agreement with France, raising questions about Paris’s waning influence in Africa’s embattled Sahel region.Chadian Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah said it…