2007 in Chad
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Events from the year 2007 in Chad
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2006 in Chad,
other events of 2007,
2008 in Chad
Chad
Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...
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2006 in Chad,
other events of 2007,
2008 in Chad
2008 in Chad
Events from the year 2008 in Chad.See also:2007 in Chad,other events of 2008,2009 in Chad-Events:* January 7 - A journalist from the independent FM Liberté radio station is harassed by the security forces and allegedly intimated to drop coverage of an issue.* January 16 - The FM Liberté radio...
Events
- January 3 - During a demonstration in the capital led by wounded soldiers demanding better medical care, the security forces open fire on the demonstrators killing at least one person.
- January 5 - During a visit to ChadChadChad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...
by the Chinese Foreign Minister Li ZhaoxingLi ZhaoxingLi Zhaoxing is a former foreign minister of the People's Republic of China. He held that office from 2003 to 2007.He graduated from Peking University in 1964...
, the People's Republic of ChinaPeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
and Chad sign a series of loan, debt relief and economic cooperation accords worth $80 million, of which $32 million in debt relief and $26 as an agevolated debt loan. - January 6 - President Idriss DébyIdriss DébyGeneral Idriss Déby Itno is the President of Chad and the head of the Patriotic Salvation Movement. Déby is of the Bidyat clan of the Zaghawa ethnic group. He added "Itno" to his surname in January 2006.-Rise to power:...
was present at the ceremony in which 200 rebels joined the armyMilitary of ChadThe Military of Chad consists of the Armed Forces , Republican Guard, Rapid Intervention Force, Police, and National and Nomadic Guard...
in Goz BeidaGoz BeidaGoz Beida may refer to:*Goz Beïda, Chad*Goz Beida, Central African Republic...
, which stemmed from a ceasefire among government and rebels signed on December 24, 2006. - January 10 - The United Nations Security CouncilUnited Nations Security CouncilThe United Nations Security Council is one of the principal organs of the United Nations and is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. Its powers, outlined in the United Nations Charter, include the establishment of peacekeeping operations, the establishment of...
decides following a meeting on the ongoing conflicts in Chad, DarfurDarfur conflictThe Darfur Conflict was a guerrilla conflict or civil war centered on the Darfur region of Sudan. It began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army and Justice and Equality Movement groups in Darfur took up arms, accusing the Sudanese government of oppressing non-Arab Sudanese in...
and the Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Bush WarThe Central African Republic Bush War began with the rebellion by the Union of Democratic Forces for Unity rebels, led by Michel Detodia, after the current President of the Central African Republic, François Bozizé, seized power in 2003. However, the real fighting began in 2004. The Civil War may...
to send a new technical assessment mission to Chad and the Central African RepublicCentral African RepublicThe Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...
so to establish the chances of deploying a UN peace mission there. - January 13 - Mahamat NouriMahamat NouriGeneral Mahamat Nouri is a Chadian insurgent leader who currently commands the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development . A Muslim from northern Chad, he began his career as a FROLINAT rebel, and when the group's Second Army split in 1976 he sided with his kinsman Hissène Habré...
's Union of Forces for Democracy and DevelopmentUnion of Forces for Democracy and DevelopmentThe Union of Forces for Democracy and Development is the largest group of Chadian rebel forces opposed to current President Idriss Déby...
(UFDD) rebels occupy briefly the town of Ounianga Kébir in the BET Region. - January 15 - Chad lodges a formal protest to SudanSudanSudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
, complaining that the Sudanese Air ForceSudanese Air ForceThe Sudanese Air Force is the air force operated by the Republic of the Sudan. As such it is part of the Sudanese Armed Forces.-History:The Sudanese Air Force was founded immediately after Sudan gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1956. The British assisted in the Air Force's...
flew over army's positions in eastern Chad. - January 17 - The rebel militias Rally of Democratic ForcesRally of Democratic Forces (rebel group)The Rally of Democratic Forces is a Chadian rebel group led by Timane Erdimi. It is currently allied to the United Front for Democratic Change rebel group and both are dedicated to overthrowing Erdimi's uncle, the current Chadian President Idriss Déby and his administration...
(RAFD) and UFDD capture, following a joint attack, the town of AdeAde, ChadAdé is a city in Chad on the eastern border with Sudan, 100 kilometers south of Adré. It is in the Sila department of the region of Ouaddaï. Ade lies in the traditional homelands of the Masalit near the border with the Dajo peoples . Adé was the scene of repeated fighting in 2005-2006 during the...
in Ouaddaï RegionOuaddaï RegionOuaddaï is one of the 22 regions of Chad and its capital is Abéché. It is composed by the former Ouaddaï Prefecture. Its main ethnic groups are the Arabs and the Maba. The economy is based on subsistence agriculture and breeding...
. - January 24 - The Air West Flight 612Air West Flight 612Air West Flight 612 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Air West between Khartoum, Sudan and Al-Fashir. On January 24, 2007, with 103 people on board, the flight, operated by a Boeing 737, was hijacked shortly after takeoff by a male individual...
flying from KhartoumKhartoumKhartoum is the capital and largest city of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"...
to El Fasher is hijacked by a lone gunman and diverted to N'DjamenaN'DjamenaN'Djamena is the capital and largest city of Chad. A port on the Chari River, near the confluence with the Logone River, it directly faces the Cameroonian town of Kousséri, to which the city is connected by a bridge. It is also a special statute region, divided in 10 arrondissements. It is a...
, where the hijacker surrenders. - January 24 - Following aerial attacks the Chadian army retakes Ade.
- January 28 - Ethnic Zaghawa militias raid in Dar TamaDar TamaDar Tama is one of three departments in Wadi Fira, a region of Chad. Its capital is Gueréda....
a group of TamaTama peopleTama is an ethnic group in Chad and Sudan. They speak Tama language, a Nilo-Saharan language. They likely number more than 50,000.Most Tama people in Sudan are settled in Kabkabyia, in Northern Darfur....
villages between Am Zoer and BiltineBiltine, ChadBiltine is a city in Chad, and the capital of Wadi Fira region .The town was briefly captured on November 25, 2006 by the RADF, a rebel group, then recaptured the next day by the government, along with nearby Abéché that had been captured by a different rebel group, the UFDD...
, killing seven Tama and burning 200 homes. - January 29 - A unit of United Front for Democratic ChangeUnited Front for Democratic ChangeThe United Front for Democratic Change or Front uni pour le changement is a Chadian rebel alliance, made up of eight individual rebel groups, all with the goals of overthrowing the government of current Chadian President. It is now part of the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development. UFDC...
(FUC) Tama militians (which has recently made peace with the Chadian government) is ambushed by Zaghawa SCUDPlatform for Change, Unity and DemocracyPlatform for Change, Unity and Democracy, abbreviated as S.C.U.D. , is a Chadian rebel group that was formed in October of 2005 by former members of the Military of Chad who deserted and united under founders and current leaders, 30-year old Yaya Dillo Djérou and his brother...
rebels southeast of GuérédaGuérédaGuéréda is a town in the Wadi Fira Region, Chad. It is located at around .Guéréda was the site of fighting between the Chadian army and the Rally of Democratic Forces in early December 2006. On December 1, eleven people were killed and 82 injured in the fighting...
, causing the death of 20 civilians and 31 FUC militians. - January 31 - Security forces members arrest Marcel Ngargoto, secretary-general of the human rights organization Association des Droits de l'Homme sans Frontières (DHSF) and a journalist for the community radio station Radio Brokass. He is accused of "ruthless handling of sensitive news which could harm national cohesion" for having criticized the Moissala police chief.
- February 1 - UFDD rebels attack violently AdréAdréAdré is the main town of the Assoungha department in the Ouaddaï Region of Chad. It is located very close to Chad's eastern border with Sudan, 400 m away...
in OuaddaïOuaddaï RegionOuaddaï is one of the 22 regions of Chad and its capital is Abéché. It is composed by the former Ouaddaï Prefecture. Its main ethnic groups are the Arabs and the Maba. The economy is based on subsistence agriculture and breeding...
but were unable to take the town. At least a dozen civilians are reported killed, and about 40 wounded. - February 15 - Aid agency OxfamOxfamOxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives...
intervenes warning that Chad may become "another Darfur" if measures are not taken to contain the ethnic conflict in the country. - February 16 - The United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesUnited Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesThe Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , also known as The UN Refugee Agency is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to...
releases a statement in which it warns that a new genocide on the scale of that in Rwanda in 1994Rwandan GenocideThe Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800,000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days through mid-July, over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate...
may take place in Chad, where killing tactics similar to those in DarfurDarfurDarfur is a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into three federal states: West Darfur, South Darfur, and North Darfur...
have already been established. - February 21 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moonBan Ki-moon is the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, after succeeding Kofi Annan in 2007. Before going on to be Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nations. He entered diplomatic service the year he...
puts before the Security Council two alternative plans for the deployment in Chad and the Central African RepublicCentral African RepublicThe Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...
either 6,000 or 11,000 peacekeeping troops. - February 21 - In TripoliTripoliTripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...
, under LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
n pressure Chadian and Sudanese Presidents agree to increase efforts to end violence spilling over the border from Darfur. - February 23 - Following the death of Pascal YoadimnadjiPascal YoadimnadjiPascal Yoadimnadji served as the Prime Minister of Chad from February 2005 to February 2007.-Biography:Yoadimnadji was born in Béboto in the Logone Oriental Region of southern Chad...
, Infrastructure Minister Adoum YounousmiAdoum YounousmiAdoum Younousmi is a Chadian politician who served in the government of Chad as Minister of Public Works and Transport from 2003 to 2005 and has been Minister of State for Infrastructure since 2005...
assumes the interim as Prime Minister of Chad. - February 28 - The Chadian government announces it will not accept a peacekeeping force on its territory and will only accept a civilian police.
- March 5 - former FUCUnited Front for Democratic ChangeThe United Front for Democratic Change or Front uni pour le changement is a Chadian rebel alliance, made up of eight individual rebel groups, all with the goals of overthrowing the government of current Chadian President. It is now part of the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development. UFDC...
insurgent leader Mohammed Nour AbdelkerimMohammed Nour AbdelkerimMohammed Nour Abdelkerim is a former Chadian rebel leader. After signing a peace agreement with the government, he served as Minister of Defense for nine months in 2007....
is nominated Defence Minister. - March 22 - The UNHCR warns that an estimated 36,000 Chadians have fled fled the war in Chad by searching refuge in Darfur, despite the humanitarian crisis there.
- March 22 - The Chadian government accuses the Sudanese Air Force of bombing the towns of Tenay and BahaïBahaï, ChadBahaï is a town in the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region of Chad. It has been affected by the ongoing Darfur conflict, and the town's United Nations humanitarian forces were reduced to a "minimum presence" in early December 2006 due to the danger posed to workers....
, an area where DarfurDarfurDarfur is a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into three federal states: West Darfur, South Darfur, and North Darfur...
rebels are known to operate. - March 31 - The government accuses Sudanese JanjaweedJanjaweedThe Janjaweed is a blanket term used to describe mostly gunmen in Darfur, western Sudan, and now eastern Chad...
of attacking the villages of Tiero and Marena in eastern Chad, killing hundreds and displacing 9,000 civilians, in what the UNHCR judges the worst attacks in the region it the last six months. - April 6 - In retaliation to the attack on Tiero and Marena Chadian forces supported by helicopters, attacking rebel positions close to the Sudanese border.
- April 9 - Chadian troops clash with Sudanese forces inside Darfur, whose violence was called by UNHCR official in the area "apocalyptic".
- April 13 - The former Chadian President Goukouni OueddeiGoukouni OueddeiGoukouni Oueddei is a Chadian political figure. He was Head of State of Chad from 1979 to 1982. He is currently in exile.-Biography:...
is received in LibrevilleLibrevilleLibreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon, in west central Africa. The city is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea, and a trade center for a timber region. As of 2005, it has a population of 578,156.- History :...
by the Gabonese President Omar BongoOmar BongoEl Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba , born as Albert-Bernard Bongo, was a Gabonese politician who was President of Gabon for 42 years from 1967 until his death in office in 2009....
, pleading the latter to act as a mediator in the Chadian crisis. - April 14 - Following the Chadian-Sudanese army clash in Sudan, Chadian Foreign Minister Ahmad Allam-MiAhmad Allam-MiAhmad Allam-Mi is a Chadian diplomat. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Integration of Chad from 2005 to 2008, and he has served as Chad's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since 2008.-Diplomatic career:...
meets Sudanese President Omar al-BashirOmar al-BashirLieutenant General Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir is the current President of Sudan and the head of the National Congress Party. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a brigadier in the Sudanese army, led a group of officers in a bloodless military coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister...
in an attempt to defuse tensions, but he also insists that the Sudanese government is supporting Chadian rebels and the Janjaweed. - April 17 - In a meeting held in LibrevilleLibrevilleLibreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon, in west central Africa. The city is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea, and a trade center for a timber region. As of 2005, it has a population of 578,156.- History :...
, GabonGabonGabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...
, former Chadian President Goukouni OueddeiGoukouni OueddeiGoukouni Oueddei is a Chadian political figure. He was Head of State of Chad from 1979 to 1982. He is currently in exile.-Biography:...
sees Idriss Déby and offers his disponibility to meet the rebels and act as a mediator. - May 2 - Chad's 32,000 civil servants begin a months-long strike affecting schools and hospitals, and asking the government to increase their wage through the use of the oil revenues.
- May 3 - The Chadian and Sudanese presidents sign an accord in Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
to not support each other's rebels and to create a joint border force, collaborating with the United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
' plan to deploy 11,000 men in eastern Chad so to stabilise the region. - May 9 - The Chadian government signs an accord with UnicefUnited Nations Children's FundUnited Nations Children's Fund was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II...
for the demobilisation of child soldiersMilitary use of childrenThe military use of children takes three distinct forms: children can take direct part in hostilities , or they can be used in support roles such as porters, spies, messengers, look outs, and sexual slaves; or they can be used for political advantage either as human shields or in...
from its armed forces. - May 19 - Journalist and human rights activist Marcel Ngargoto is released from detention, in which he has been since January 31, after having subjected himself to a hunger strikeHunger strikeA hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. Most hunger strikers will take liquids but not...
. - May 25 - Chadian government raises the state of emergency proclaimed six months earlier.
- May 25 - Following an aggression against its personnel in IribaIribaIriba is a town in the Wadi Fira Region, Chad. It is located at around . The town is served by Iriba Airport....
, the United Nations World Food ProgrammeWorld Food ProgrammeThe World Food Programme is the food aid branch of the United Nations, and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger worldwide. WFP provides food, on average, to 90 million people per year, 58 million of whom are children...
suspends operations in the area of the attack. - May 31 - The government offers a 15% wage increase to put an end to the civil service strike began on May 2, but the offer is declined as judged insufficient by union leaders.
- June 5 - Chadian Prime Minister Delwa Kassiré KoumakoyeDelwa Kassiré KoumakoyeNouradine Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye is a Chadian politician and the head of the National Rally for Development and Progress political party. After serving as a minister in the government during the 1980s and early 1990s; he was Prime Minister of Chad from November 6, 1993 to April 8, 1995 and again...
rejects the French idea of creating a humanitarian corridor across Chadian territory to bring aid to Darfur. - June 8 - Aid organisation Médecins Sans FrontièresMédecins Sans Frontières' , or Doctors Without Borders, is a secular humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland...
(MSF), which has undertaken a survey among internally displaced Chadians, reports in a press release that four children under five are dying per 10,000 every day, double the rate that signals an emergency according to WHOWorld Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
thresholds. - June 9 - President Idriss Déby opens to the possibility of a military international force in Chad, which he had previously resisted.
- June 23 - A Chadian government delegation led by the interim Prime Minister Adoum Younousmi and the main rebel groups meet in TripoliTripoliTripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...
so to start to a series of peace talks sponsored by the Libyan leader Muammar al-GaddafiMuammar al-GaddafiMuammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi or "September 1942" 20 October 2011), commonly known as Muammar Gaddafi or Colonel Gaddafi, was the official ruler of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then the "Brother Leader" of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.He seized power in a...
. - July 2 - A spokesman for the rebel Union of Forces for Democracy and DevelopmentUnion of Forces for Democracy and DevelopmentThe Union of Forces for Democracy and Development is the largest group of Chadian rebel forces opposed to current President Idriss Déby...
(UFDD), announces that if the talks being kept in Libya failed, there would be a return to all-out war. - July 20 - The Chadian government dissolves a committee that managed a share of oil income, claiming mismanagement and corruption. The Committee was encharged with allocating 5% of the countries annual oil revenues to local communities in the oil-extraction region.
- July 23 - European UnionEuropean UnionThe European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
foreign ministers in a joint meeting give instructions to their military staffs to draw up plans for an operation to deploy EU troops in Chad and the Central African Republic, as part UN peacekeeping force. France is expected to play a dominant role in this EU force. - July 30 - Following GabonGabonGabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...
ese mediation President Déby meets in the capital with a group of opposition leaders in exile, led by Goukouni OueddeiGoukouni OueddeiGoukouni Oueddei is a Chadian political figure. He was Head of State of Chad from 1979 to 1982. He is currently in exile.-Biography:...
but including also Fidèle MoungarFidèle MoungarFidèle Abdelkérim Moungar is a Chadian doctor and a veteran politician who served as Prime Minister of Chad in 1993. He is currently Secretary-General of Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism , a left-wing opposition party....
, Ahmat Yacoub, Adoum Togoï and Antoine BanguiAntoine BanguiAntoine Bangui-Rombaye is a Chadian political figure and author. Between 1962 and 1972, Bangui was a member of the cabinet, including as foreign minister. However, he fell out of the favor of with President François Tombalbaye and was imprisoned from 1972 to 1975. He released his account of his...
. - August 9 - Lake Léré, due to heavy rains, overflows flooding homes in dozens of surrounding villages, with people being carried away by the waters.
- August 10 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon proposes a plan for the deployment of UN peacekeeping troops in eastern Chad with the primary objective of protecting civilians.
- August 13 - The Chadian government and the opposition sign an accord postopning legislative elections to 2009 and on sharing power up to that date.
- August 22 - New tribal clashes among Zaghawa and Tama in Dar TamaDar TamaDar Tama is one of three departments in Wadi Fira, a region of Chad. Its capital is Gueréda....
cause the death of eleven Tama and one Zaghawa. - August 23 - Chadian Foreign Minister Ahmad Allam-MiAhmad Allam-MiAhmad Allam-Mi is a Chadian diplomat. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Integration of Chad from 2005 to 2008, and he has served as Chad's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since 2008.-Diplomatic career:...
protested with the Central African Republic government for the killing of four Chadian civilians by a CAR soldier. - August 26 - As a measure to contain the serious flood damage caused by the heavy rains the overnment has promised to provide US$623,000 for the Chadians displaced in the Mayo-Kebbi OuestMayo-Kebbi OuestMayo-Kebbi Ouest is one of the 22 regions of Chad and its capital is Pala. It is composed of part of the former prefecture of Mayo-Kebbi .-Subdivisions:The region of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest is divided in 2 departments:...
. - August 27 - Pending arbitration by the International Trade Union ConfederationInternational Trade Union ConfederationThe International Trade Union Confederation is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on November 1, 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour...
, Chadian Union leadersUnion of Trade Unions of ChadThe Union of Trade Unions of Chad is a trade union centre in Chad. It was formed originally in 1988 as the National Union of Chadian Workers . The UNST was dissolved briefly in 1990 and reemerged as the UST....
suspend a strike by the country's civil servants which has disrupted public schools and hospitals since its beginning in May. - September 6 - The World Food ProgrammeWorld Food ProgrammeThe World Food Programme is the food aid branch of the United Nations, and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger worldwide. WFP provides food, on average, to 90 million people per year, 58 million of whom are children...
(WFP) launches an appeal for US$81 million so to be able to feed Darfur refugees and internally displaced persons in eastern Chad. - September 12 - Armed men allegedly working for the security forces detain Al JazeeraAl JazeeraAl Jazeera is an independent broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar through the Qatar Media Corporation and headquartered in Doha, Qatar...
correspondent Fadoul Beneye. - September 14 - A leader of Timane ErdimiTimane ErdimiTimane Erdimi is the leader of the Chadian rebel group Rally of Democratic Forces which had 800 soldiers in early 2008. He is a member of the ethnic group Zaghawa and nephew of the Chadian President Idriss Déby.An international arrest warrant was issued by Chad for Erdimi in 2007...
's Rassemblement des Forces du Changement (RFC) warns that EU troops (expected as part of the future peacekeeping force) will be attacked if they won't remain neutral. - September 20 - In his first visit in the country since the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 2006, Idriss Déby arrives in the People's Republic of ChinaPeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
to meet top Chinese officials, included President Hu JintaoHu JintaoHu Jintao is the current Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China. He has held the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang...
. - October 4 - The Déby government and the four main Chadian armed groups sign an accord in Libya, which in exchange for a ceasefire promises a government posts. The accord opens the road for the deployment in eastern Chad of an international peace contingent.
- October 8 - The Chadian government and three exiled opposition parties (Younous Ibedou Awad's Alliance of Resistant Democrats (ADR), Chadian Democratic Rally (RDT) and the Union of the Chadian People for National Reconstruction (UPTRN)) sign in CotonouCotonou-Demographics:*1979: 320,348 *1992: 536,827 *2002: 665,100 *2005: 690,584 The main languages spoken in Cotonou include the Fon language, Aja language, Yoruba language and French.-Transport:...
in BeninBeninBenin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...
, including an amnesty and the full participation of the opposition to the political life. - October 10 - An estimated 1,000 former FUC fighters located in Dar TamaDar TamaDar Tama is one of three departments in Wadi Fira, a region of Chad. Its capital is Gueréda....
, amid voices that they were going to be disarmed, desert the government and move towards the Chadian-Sudanese border. - October 12 - United States evangelical missionary Steve Goldbold is kidnapped by MDJTMovement for Democracy and Justice in ChadMovement for Democracy and Justice in Chad is a Chadian rebel group that tried to oust the government of the current Chadian president Idriss Déby from October 1998-2003...
rebels in the Tibesti region. The MDJT leader Aboubakar Choua Dazi accuses Goldbold to be "in the service of the regime in N'Djamena to create division in the center of the movement". - November 30 - Four army officers, the sultan and the governor of Dar TamaDar TamaDar Tama is one of three departments in Wadi Fira, a region of Chad. Its capital is Gueréda....
, and one additional individual are arrested in GuérédaGuérédaGuéréda is a town in the Wadi Fira Region, Chad. It is located at around .Guéréda was the site of fighting between the Chadian army and the Rally of Democratic Forces in early December 2006. On December 1, eleven people were killed and 82 injured in the fighting...
. The governor is a member of the FUCUnited Front for Democratic ChangeThe United Front for Democratic Change or Front uni pour le changement is a Chadian rebel alliance, made up of eight individual rebel groups, all with the goals of overthrowing the government of current Chadian President. It is now part of the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development. UFDC...
, while the sultan is accused is accused of sympathising with the rebels. - December 14 - Nadjikimo Benoudjita, managing editor of the small weekly newspaper Notre Temps, is arrested without warrant. While in custody it was announced that the Notre Temps was to be considered "purely and simply shut down".
- December 17 - The journalist Nadjikimo Benoudjita is charged with "incitement to tribal and religious hatred" and released on bailBailTraditionally, bail is some form of property deposited or pledged to a court to persuade it to release a suspect from jail, on the understanding that the suspect will return for trial or forfeit the bail...
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Deaths
- January 30 - Koibla DjimastaKoibla DjimastaKoibla Djimasta was a Chadian politician of Sara ethnicity from the southern Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture.An administrator, Djimasta held various cabinet positions under Presidents Hissène Habré and Idriss Déby, beginning with his appointment as Minister of Health and Social Affairs in the cabinet...
, National Mediator and former Prime Minister, dies. - February 23 - Pascal YoadimnadjiPascal YoadimnadjiPascal Yoadimnadji served as the Prime Minister of Chad from February 2005 to February 2007.-Biography:Yoadimnadji was born in Béboto in the Logone Oriental Region of southern Chad...
, Prime Minister of Chad, dies in Paris aged 57 from a brain haemorrhage. - May 4 - General Noël Milarew OdingarNoël Milarew OdingarNoël Milarew Odingar was a Chadian officer who briefly served as head of state and was later one of the nine members of the Supreme Military Council, the military junta that ruled Chad between 1975 and 1978....
, protagonist of the Chadian coup of 1975Chadian coup of 1975The Chadian coup of 1975 was in considerable part generated by the growing distrust of the President of Chad, François Tombalbaye, for the army. This distrust came in part from the Chadian Armed Forces incapacity to deal with the rebellion that was inflaming the Muslim north from when the rebel...
, dies in Paris. - July 2 - Brahim DébyBrahim DébyBrahim Déby Itno was the son of current Chadian President Idriss Déby.Brahim attended the University of Ottawa in Canada as a foreign exchange student and graduated in 2004 with a degree in business administration...
, 27 years old son of the Chadian President Idriss DébyIdriss DébyGeneral Idriss Déby Itno is the President of Chad and the head of the Patriotic Salvation Movement. Déby is of the Bidyat clan of the Zaghawa ethnic group. He added "Itno" to his surname in January 2006.-Rise to power:...
, is assassinated in Paris.