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Manara Radio Télévision knocks out national media

Created one year ago and endowed with substantial financial resources, media group Manara Radio Télévision (MRTV) maintains close ties with the Chadian presidency.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 29.04.2025

AU pre-selection process for last two commissioners reopened

After shortlisting a candidate from Burundi, African foreign ministers have reopened the selection process for the last two commissioners of the pan-African organisation, who must come from the central African region.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.04.2025

ECCAS countries seek investors in Houston

The promoters of the Central African Pipeline System will showcase their project at the Central Africa Business Energy Forum to be held on 8 May in Texas.

Subscribers only Energy 22.04.2025

The winding arms supply routes from Beijing to N'Djamena via Abu Dhabi

Chad has taken delivery of the latest generation of Chinese anti-aircraft defence systems. They were supplied by the UAE, which is regularly criticised over their support for the Rapid Support Forces that are battling the regular Sudanese army in the civil war.

Subscribers only Defence 15.04.2025

CEMAC ministries to meet in Paris to discuss stability challenges

At the invitation of French Minister of Economy Éric Lombard, the ministries of finance and economy of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa will meet on 17 April in France to assess stability in the region.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 11.04.2025

African Parks in trouble at Zakouma National Park as poachers run rampant

One of the six rhinos before its transfer to Zakouma National Park in Chad, seen here in Addo, South Africa, on 2 May 2018. © Sisipho Skweyiya/Reuters

Subscribers only Business 10.04.2025

Central Africa up in arms over AU panel of eminent Africans

Diplomats from the region have strongly contested the rejection of the 13 candidates for the last two commissioner posts to be filled at the African Union. This has sparked an unprecedented conflict within the pan-African organisation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.04.2025

AU panel rejects Central African candidates

The panel of eminent Africans responsible for shortlisting candidates from Central Africa for the posts of trade and education commissioners will not be submitting applications to the AU executive council. It considers that the profiles do not meet the required conditions.

Subscribers only Politics 27.03.2025

The two sides to N'Djamena's transit agreement with Malabo

Frustrated by the delays and problems facing their domestic importers at the port of Douala, the Chadian authorities are turning to the port of Bata in Equatorial Guinea. The move may be intended to put pressure on Yaoundé, but Malabo still hopes to reap the benefits in the long term.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 19.03.2025

Central African states scramble for AU trade and education commissioner jobs

Central African nations are jockeying for the African Union's trade and education commissioner posts, which are the region's by right. Burundi, DR Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe and the Central African Republic have all fielded candidates, alongside Equatorial Guinea, Chad.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.03.2025

Marine Le Pen due in Chad to meet Mahamat Idriss Déby

The leader of France's far-right Rassemblement National party is to visit the country from 15 to 17 March. There she'll hold talks with President Déby, with whom she has been in contact for several months.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.03.2025

Marine Le Pen and Idriss Déby Itno in Chad, on 21 March 2017.

Mahamat Idriss Déby lobbies hard for his AU Commission candidate

The president is using all his diplomatic resources to try to secure the post of Commissioner for Economic Development at the African Union for his personal choice: Amine Idriss Adoum. He's aiming to rally the Central African states behind this sole candidate.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.03.2025

N'Djamena takes over as secretary general of ACP organisation

Chad's former economic minister Moussa Natal Batraki was appointed secretary general of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States during a council of ministers meeting in Brussels on 20 February.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.02.2025

World Bank earmarks $100m to combat desertification in Chad

The World Bank is drawing up a $100m project to help fight desertification in Chad. The plan, to be implemented by the environment ministry’s department of environmental assessments, must be submitted for validation by the bank's board by 28 November.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 21.02.2025

Cameroon spat upsets plans for employers' summit in Brazzaville

Plans to hold the Rassemblement des Entrepreneurs Francophones, a forum for business owners from French-speaking African nations, in June in Brazzaville have been upset by a rival event by the Economic Community of Central African States’ (CEEAC) business council.

Subscribers only Business 20.02.2025

French army withdrawal leaves subcontractors in the dark

Since the French army left Chad on 31 January, a number of French and foreign subcontractors in N'Djamena have been wondering about their future. A handful of them may end up staying, however, to carry out operations for the Chadian army.

Subscribers only Defence 17.02.2025

Trucks carrying French army vehicles leaving the former Fort Lamy air base in N'Djamena, Chad, 29 January 2025.

Rejected Confederation of African Football candidates ready appeals

Several candidates up for election to the CAF have had their applications rejected. Two of them have already taken their case to Switzerland's Court of Arbitration.

Subscribers only Politics 04.02.2025

African troubles contributed to CEO Bories' exit from French miner Eramet

Christel Bories had lofty ambitions for Africa when she took the Eramet helm in 2017. Yet she achieved few of them, and the French mining group is being challenged on its Gabonese and Senegalese sites.

Subscribers only Mining 03.02.2025

The CEO of the Eramet Group, Christel Bories, in Argentina, in July 2024.

CAE Aviation, collateral victim of withdrawal of French forces

The French ISR specialist has been asked to leave the 172 Fort-Lamy air base by 19 January.

Subscribers only Politics 16.01.2025

CEMAC leaders still hopeful operators will reach rehabilitation fund deal

The presidents of the sub-region have given oil and mining operators until April to find common ground with the bloc's central bank on the repatriation of their rehabilitation funds. Until then, negotiation talks will be held on a monthly basis.

Subscribers only Energy 19.12.2024

CEMAC heads of state to discuss Gabon and Congo's debts

Libreville and Brazzaville have strayed from the convergence criteria of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa. The issue will be discussed at an extraordinary summit in Yaoundé next week.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 13.12.2024

EU to supply drones to N'Djamena and Nouakchott

Expertise France has launched a tender call to supply two surveillance drone systems to Chad and another to Mauritania.

Subscribers only Defence 12.12.2024

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Déby's Bangui trip offers Russia a chance to renew partnership bid

President Mahamat Idriss Déby, who has put an end to Chad's defence agreements with France, is due to travel to Bangui this week for talks with his counterpart Faustin Archange Touadéra. Russian officials will use the visit to meet the Chadian leader and clinch a partnership.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.12.2024

Vladimir Putin meets with Chad's Transitional President Mahamat Idriss Deby at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 24, 2024.

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

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Manara Radio Télévision knocks out national media

AU pre-selection process for last two commissioners reopened

ECCAS countries seek investors in Houston

The winding arms supply routes from Beijing to N'Djamena via Abu Dhabi

CEMAC ministries to meet in Paris to discuss stability challenges

African Parks in trouble at Zakouma National Park as poachers run rampant

Central Africa up in arms over AU panel of eminent Africans

AU panel rejects Central African candidates

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Central African states scramble for AU trade and education commissioner jobs

Marine Le Pen due in Chad to meet Mahamat Idriss Déby

Mahamat Idriss Déby lobbies hard for his AU Commission candidate

N'Djamena takes over as secretary general of ACP organisation

World Bank earmarks $100m to combat desertification in Chad

Cameroon spat upsets plans for employers' summit in Brazzaville

French army withdrawal leaves subcontractors in the dark

Rejected Confederation of African Football candidates ready appeals

African troubles contributed to CEO Bories' exit from French miner Eramet

CAE Aviation, collateral victim of withdrawal of French forces

CEMAC leaders still hopeful operators will reach rehabilitation fund deal

CEMAC heads of state to discuss Gabon and Congo's debts

EU to supply drones to N'Djamena and Nouakchott

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Manara Radio Télévision knocks out national media

AU pre-selection process for last two commissioners reopened

ECCAS countries seek investors in Houston

The winding arms supply routes from Beijing to N'Djamena via Abu Dhabi

CEMAC ministries to meet in Paris to discuss stability challenges

African Parks in trouble at Zakouma National Park as poachers run rampant

Central Africa up in arms over AU panel of eminent Africans

AU panel rejects Central African candidates

The two sides to N'Djamena's transit agreement with Malabo

Central African states scramble for AU trade and education commissioner jobs

Marine Le Pen due in Chad to meet Mahamat Idriss Déby

Mahamat Idriss Déby lobbies hard for his AU Commission candidate

N'Djamena takes over as secretary general of ACP organisation

World Bank earmarks $100m to combat desertification in Chad

Cameroon spat upsets plans for employers' summit in Brazzaville

French army withdrawal leaves subcontractors in the dark

Rejected Confederation of African Football candidates ready appeals

African troubles contributed to CEO Bories' exit from French miner Eramet

CAE Aviation, collateral victim of withdrawal of French forces

CEMAC leaders still hopeful operators will reach rehabilitation fund deal

CEMAC heads of state to discuss Gabon and Congo's debts

EU to supply drones to N'Djamena and Nouakchott

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