Global body in charge of security, United Nations Security Council, says it is worried over what it described as continued tensions linked to disputed electoral processes, social and economic difficulties, and conflicts between farmers and herders in the Lake Chad Basin. Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad are members of the Lake Chad Basin on which the […]
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Chad’s stalled talks with Glencore on restructuring more than $1 billion in debt due to the trading firm has delayed the release of IMF funds for the struggling central African country until at least early next year, sources familiar with the matter said. The International Monetary Fund has said Chad’s external commercial debt, most of […]
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The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has reiterated its commitment to support the government of Tchad in its development initiatives in the areas of infrastructure, Oil and Gas and other key sectors of the economy,. Speaking at a roundtable Forum organised in Paris recently by the government of the Republic of Tchad, on the financing […]
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France will step up the fight against resurgent Islamist militants in north and west Africa and will work more closely with Germany to help the tinderbox region, President Emmanuel Macron said on his first trip outside Europe on Friday. Visiting Mali days after taking office, Macron vowed to keep French troops in the Sahel region […]
Read More Due to the intra-regional trade and remittance ties between Nigeria and neighbouring countries, the economies of the Chad and Niger had been significantly affected by the economic downturn in Nigeria, the International Monetary Fund has said. The IMF, in its latest staff report for the 2017 Article IV consultation on Nigeria, stated that in Chad, […]
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A Boko Haram faction led by the son of the group’s founder is trying to win over civilians by shunning the indiscriminate violence of its longtime figurehead that has alienated locals. Eyewitnesses to a spate of recent raids attributed to Islamist fighters loyal to Abu Musab Al-Barnawi in northeast Nigeria have said they repeatedly told […]
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Exxon Mobil Corp. was ordered to pay a record $74 billion fine in Chad for underpaying royalties in the central African nation where the company has been drilling for 15 years, according to a court document. The fine is about five times more than Chad’s gross domestic product, which the World Bank estimates at $13 […]
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President @MBuhari this morning departed for N’Djamena, Chad, to attend the inauguration of President Idriss Deby President @MBuhari this morning departed for N'Djamena, Chad, to attend the inauguration of President Idriss Deby pic.twitter.com/Zoaezb8RVe — Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) August 8, 2016
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As the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit continues to take a toll on motorists and other consumers in most parts of the country, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Monday said the trucks conveying the product were being diverted to Cameroon and Chad. The Minister, who stated this in Lagos at […]
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N’DJAMENA/NIAMEY Suspected Boko Haram militants killed five people in an overnight raid in Niger in the third suspected attack by the group in less than 24 hours, security sources said on Wednesday. The Islamist militants are mostly based in northeastern Nigeria but have become a major threat to wider regional security by carrying out attacks […]
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