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09.05.2021 / 09:59

Vaccine deserts: Some countries have no COVID-19 jabs at all

N'DJAMENA – N'At the small hospital where Dr. Oumaima Djarma works in Chad's capital, there are no debates over which coronavirus vaccine is the best.

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Chad military council announces key ministerial posts

N'DJAMENA – N'Chad's transitional military council pressed ahead Monday with solidifying its hold on power after announcing a new government over the weekend that kept key ministries in the hands of allies.

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Mourners hold protester funerals in Chad's tense capital

N'DJAMENA – N'Hundreds of chanting mourners carrying Chadian flags gathered Saturday to bury some victims who shot dead this week during demonstrations against the country's new military government, the first change in leadership in this central African nation in more than three decades.

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Chadian rebels claim they have shot down military helicopter

N'DJAMENA – N'Rebels seeking to overthrow Chad's new transitional government claimed Thursday to have shot down a military helicopter, while the junta in power warned political opponents not to renew protests after violent demonstrations earlier in the week left at least six people dead.

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Thousands demonstrate in Chad against military transition

N'DJAMENA – N'Thousands of people protested and two people were killed in Chad Tuesday in demonstrations against the rule of a transitional military council headed by the son of the late President Idriss Deby Itno, who was killed last week.

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Chadian opposition decries Deby's son as interim leader

N'DJAMENA – N'Chad’s political opposition is saying the country suffered a “coup d'etat” when power was handed to Mahamat Idriss Deby, arguing that the military did not follow constitutional rules for succession following the death of his father after more than three decades in power.

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Chad rebels threaten to depose slain president's son

N'DJAMENA – N'Rebels in Chad threatened to depose the son of the country's slain president after he was named interim leader of the central African nation, raising the specter Wednesday of a potentially violent power struggle.

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Chad president Deby dies in battle at 68 after 3-decade rule

N'DJAMENA – N'President Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled Chad for more than 30 years and became an important ally to Western nations in the fight against Islamic extremism in Africa, has been killed while battling against rebels in the north. He was 68.

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Military: Chadian president killed after 30 years in power

N'DJAMENA – N'Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled the central African nation for more than three decades, was killed Tuesday on the battlefield in a fight against rebels, the military announced on national television and radio.

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US orders diplomats to leave Chad as rebels near capital

WASHINGTON – The State Department on Saturday ordered non-essential diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Chad to leave the African nation due to potential insurgent attacks on the capital.

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Chadian president seeks 6th term after 30 years in power

N’DJAMENA – N’Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno is seeking to extend his three-decade long rule, running for a sixth time in this oil-producing Central African nation that is home to nearly half a million refugees and also plays a prominent role in the fight against Islamic extremism in the Sahel.

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