Chad-related people

• Ibrahim Abatcha
  Ibrahim Abatcha
  Ibrahim Abatcha was a Muslim Chadian politician reputed of Marxist leanings and associations. His political activity started during the decolonization process of Chad from France, but after the country's independence he was forced to go in exile due to the increasing authoritarism of the country's...
  
  
• Abdullah I (Kanem-Bornu king)
• Abdelwahit About
  Abdelwahit About
  Abdelwahid Aboud Mackaye is a Chadian insurgent leader involved in the war to topple the Chadian President Idriss Déby. Originally a fighter in the Democratic Revolutionary Council militia during the first Chadian Civil War, under Déby he became a civil servant before defecting to the rebels in...
  
  
• Ahmad (Kanem-Bornu king)
  Ahmad (Kanem-Bornu king)
  Ahmad Alimi was the head of the kingdom of Bornu during the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. During the later part of his reign, the Fula people within his kingdom followed the call of rebellion and Jihad being led in the west by Uthman Dan Fodio. Alimi was perplexed by the...
  
  
• Ahmat Acyl
• Mahamat Ali Adoum
  Mahamat Ali Adoum
  Mahamat Ali Adoum is a politician and ambassador from Chad. He is currently Chad's Permanent Representative to the United Nations....
  
  
• Aissa Kili N'guirmamaramama
  Aissa Kili N'guirmamaramama
  Aissa Kili N'guirmamaramama succeeded her father as the ruler of Bornu from 1573-1580. She is noted for holding the throne for the famous Idris Alooma....
  
  
• Ali Gazi
  Ali Gazi
  Ali Gazi was a ruler of the Bornu Empire. Prior to his reign, the Sefuwa ruling house had split into two ruling branches. The result was palace intrigues and internal strife...
  
  
• Ali II of Bornu
  Ali II of Bornu
  Alhaji Ali was Mai of the Bornu Empire, in what is now the African states of Chad, Nigeria, and Niger, from 1639 to around 1680. Ali succeeded his father Umar in 1639 and had a relatively long reign. During the early years of his reign, the empire was threatened with incursions from its...
  
  
• Ahmad Allam-Mi
  Ahmad Allam-Mi
  Ahmad 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:...
  
  
• Michel Arnaud
  Michel Arnaud
  Michel Arnaud was a French Army general that distinguished himself in World War II, and for this was decorated with the Ordre de la Libération and made Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur.-Biography:...
  
  
• Hissein Atie
• Mohamed Baghlani
  Mohamed Baghlani
  Mohamed Baghlani was a Chadian insurgent leader during the Chadian Civil War.-Formation of FROLINAT:Baghlani was the most prominent Arab member of the Chadian National Union , an Islamic political party founded in 1958 and officially banned by the government of Chad in 1962. It survived as an...
  
  
• Antoine Bangui
  Antoine Bangui
  Antoine 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...
  
  
• Jean Alingué Bawoyeu
  Jean Alingué Bawoyeu
  Jean Alingué Bawoyeu , known in French as the vieux sage, which translates as "wise elder", is a Chadian politician. A Christian, his base of support is in Tandjilé, in southern Chad, from which he originates. He was President of the National Assembly in 1990 and then Prime Minister from 1991 to 1992...
  
  
• Misdongard Betoligar
  Misdongard Betoligar
  Misdongarde Betolngar is a football player from Chad. He currently play for FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac in the Serbian SuperLiga and the Chad national team.-Career:...
  
  
• Djamal Mahamat Bindi
• Biri I
• Toupta Boguena
• Outel Bono
  Outel Bono
  Outel Bono was a Chadian medical doctor and politician.He was medical director of the hospital in Chad's capital, Fort-Lamy , in 1963 when he was arrested for plotting against the government of President François Tombalbaye. Condemned to death, his sentence was commuted after a vigorous campaign...
  
  
• Solomon Braun
  Solomon Braun
  Solomon Braun was a French lieutenant of artillery, born at Paris in 1868 and died in Togbao, Chad, in 1899. His father, a poor pedler, observing Solomon's capacity for learning, made the greatest sacrifices to give him a good education. Solomon successfully passed the competitive examination for...
  
  
• Henri Bretonnet
  Henri Bretonnet
  Henri-Etienne Bretonnet was a French naval officer, killed with most of his men in the battle of Togbao.Bretonnet entered in the navy by attending the École Navale, the Navy Academy in charge of the education of the officers of the French Navy...
  
  
• Michel Brunet (paleontologist)
  Michel Brunet (paleontologist)
  Michel Brunet is a French paleontologist and a professor at the Collège de France. In 2001 Brunet announced the discovery in Central Africa of the skull and jaw remains of a late Miocene hominid nicknamed Toumaï...
  
  
• Françoise Claustre
  Françoise Claustre
  Françoise Claustre , was a French archeologist who was taken hostage by a group of Chadian rebels, led by Hissène Habré, on 20 April 1974, at Bardaï, in the Tibesti Mountains of northern Chad. At the same time, the rebels also seized a German doctor, Christophe Staewen, and Marc Combe, who was an...
  
  
• Issa Serge Coelo
  Issa Serge Coelo
  Issa Serge Coelo is a Chadian film director. Born in Biltine, Chad, he studied history in Paris and film at the Ecole Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle . He then worked as a cameraman at Métropole Télévision, France 3, TV5MONDE and CFI before creating the 1994 short film Un taxi pour Aouzou...
  
  
• Yves Coppens
  Yves Coppens
  Yves Coppens is a French anthropologist. He graduated from the University of Rennes. He has studied ancient hominids and has had multiple published works on this topic, and has also produced a film....
  
  
• Dunama Dabbalemi
  Dunama Dabbalemi
  Dunama Dabbalemi, of the Sayfawa dynasty, was the mai of the Kanem Empire, in present-day Chad, from 1203 to 1243.A fervent Muslim, Dabbalemi initiated diplomatic exchanges with sultans in North Africa and apparently arranged for the establishment of a special hostel in Cairo to facilitate...
  
  
• Dawud of Kanem
  Dawud of Kanem
  Daoud was the half brother of the 14th century Kanem emperor Idris I of Kanem. After the death of Idris, a struggle for the throne began. Daoud was chosen as Mai against his competitors, the sons of Idris. This left the sons dejected and bitter, due to which they waged war against Daoud and his...
  
  
• Brahim Déby
  Brahim Déby
  Brahim 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...
  
  
• Idriss Déby
  Idriss Déby
  General 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:...
  
  
• Hassan Djamous
  Hassan Djamous
  Hassan Djamous was a Commander in Chief of the Chadian Army and a cousin of current Chadian President Idriss Déby. The Hassan Djamous International Airport is named after him....
  
  
• Youssouf Djaoro
  Youssouf Djaoro
  Youssouf Djaoro is a Chadian film actor.He made his debut by appearing in the film Daresalam in 2000 in which he played the character of Tom. It was directed by the critically acclaimed Issa Serge Coelo and was the first of several films they have collaborated with...
  
  
• Yaya Dillo Djérou
  Yaya Dillo Djérou
  Yaya Dillo Djérou became a prominent political figure in Chad. On October 14, 2005, when the government of Idriss Déby had to admit desertions in the army, especially from the Zaghawa, the President's ethnic group...
  
  
• Koibla Djimasta
  Koibla Djimasta
  Koibla 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...
  
  
• Negue Djogo
  Negue Djogo
  Negue Djogo was a Chadian officer and politician.A French-trained Sara officer, his first prominent assignment came in 1966 when, still a lieutenant, he was made by President François Tombalbaye prefect of the key Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region, which France, Chad's former colonial power, had...
  
  
• Jacques Doumro
  Jacques Doumro
  Jacques Doumro was a Chadian general during the Tombalbaye Regime.Doumro joined the French Army when he was nineteen years old, and fought in the Second World War, becoming a non-commissioned officer in the French Colonial Forces...
  
  
• Dunama I
  Dunama I
  Mai Dunama was the head of the Sayfawa confederacy during the early part of the twelfth century. He was supposedly the first Mai to take a pilgrimage to Mecca.-References:Gerald S. Graham, Thomas Hodgkin; Nigerian Perspectives: An Historical Anthology...
  
  
• Dunama IX Lefiami
  Dunama IX Lefiami
  Dunama IX Lefiami was the leader of the Kanuri empire of Borno, located in what is now Niger, during the early nineteenth century. He was twice made ruler, first by his father and then by supporters loyal to him after he was deposed in 1809.-Life:...
  
  
• Eliane Duthoit
  Eliane Duthoit
  Éliane Duthoit , a French citizen, is a senior United Nations official at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs .- Career overview :...
  
  
• Félix Éboué
  Félix Éboué
  Félix Adolphe Éboué was a Black French colonial administrator and Free French leader. He was the first black French man appointed to high post in the French colonies, when appointed as Governor of Guadeloupe in 1936...
  
  
• Loum N. Neloumsei Elise
  Loum N. Neloumsei Elise
  Elise Ndoadoumngue Ne'loumsei Loum was a Vice-President of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament from 2004 to 2009. In 1983 she received a Junior High School Teacher Certificate from Advanced Teachers' College, N'Djaména, Chad...
  
  
• Timane Erdimi
  Timane Erdimi
  Timane 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...
  
  
• Moussa Faki
  Moussa Faki
  Moussa Faki Mahamat is a Chadian political figure. He was the Prime Minister of Chad from June 24, 2003 until February 4, 2005, and is a member of the Patriotic Salvation Movement. He is part of the Zaghawa ethnic group, the same group as President Idriss Déby...
  
  
• Jacques Foccart
  Jacques Foccart
  Jacques Foccart was a chief adviser for the government of France on African policy as well as the co-founder of the Gaullist Service d'Action Civique in 1959 with Charles Pasqua, which specialized in covert operations in Africa.From 1960 to 1974, he was the President of France's chief of staff...
  
  
• Pierre Toura Gaba
  Pierre Toura Gaba
  Pierre Toura Gaba was a Chadian politician and diplomat. He was born on December 28, 1920 at Maibyan, near Moissala, in the prefecture of Moyen-Chari in southern Chad...
  
  
• Pierre Galopin
  Pierre Galopin
  Pierre Galopin was a French military officer who came to international attention when he was captured by a group of Chadian rebels, led by Hissène Habré, on 4 August 1974 in the Tibesti mountains, in the middle of the Sahara desert...
  
  
• Émile Gentil
  Émile Gentil
  Émile Gentil was a French colonial administrator, naval officer, and colonial military leader.Born at Volmunster in the department of Moselle, he later attended the École Navale, the school that formed French naval officers. As an ensign, he was assigned to conduct hydrographic soundings along the...
  
  
• Camille Gourvenec
  Camille Gourvenec
  Camille Gourvenec was an officer of the French external intelligence service SDECE, possibly with the rank of colonel, who, from 1966, was seconded as security adviser to President François Tombalbaye of Chad, and was therefore effectively head of Tombalbaye's security and intelligence service. He...
  
  
• Hissène Habré
  Hissène Habré
  Hissène Habré , also spelled Hissen Habré, was the leader of Chad from 1982 until he was deposed in 1990.-Early life:...
  
  
• Mahamat Saleh Haroun
  Mahamat Saleh Haroun
  Mahamat-Saleh Haroun is a film director from Chad who has lived in France since 1982. He made his first feature film, Bye Bye Africa, in 1999. His second feature, Abouna, won best cinematography award at FESPACO, while his third, Daratt, won the Grand Special Jury Prize at the 63rd Venice...
  
  
• Mahamat Hissein
  Mahamat Hissein
  Mahamat Hissein is a Chadian footballer, who plays for AS Moulins.-International career:Hissein has been selected for the national team.-Clubs:*1997–1999 : Renaissance FC*1999 : Kadji Sports Academy*1999–2000 : K...
  
  
• Mahamat Hissene
  Mahamat Hissene
  Mahamat Hissene is the current Chadian Communications Minister in the government of Youssouf Saleh Abbas. He also serves as the government spokesman.-References:...
  
  
• Hummay
  Hummay
  Hummay was the founder and mai of the Sefuwa dynasty of the Kanem-Empire in the region of Lake Chad. He discarded the Sefuwa-Duguwa from power and ruled from 1068 to 1080. The dynasty founded by him was to survive until 1846. His rule had important consequences because of the spead of Islam...
  
  
• Mahamat Idriss
  Mahamat Idriss
  Mahamat Idriss was a Chadian high jumper.He was born in N'Djamena, French Equatorial Africa....
  
  
• Idris I (Kanem-Bornu king)
• Robert Jaulin
  Robert Jaulin
  Robert Jaulin was a French ethnologist. After several journeys to Chad, between 1954 and 1959, among the Sara people, he published in 1967 La Mort Sara in which he exposed the various initiation rites through which he had passed himself, and closely analyzed Sara geomancy...
  
  
• Paul Joalland
  Paul Joalland
  Paul-Jules Joalland is a French officer, known mainly for completing the Voulet-Chanoine Mission.He was one of the six officers of the latter expedition, and was an artillery expert with the rank of lieutenant...
  
  
• Ibn Furtu
  Ibn Furtu
  Ahmad b. Furtu or Ibn Furtu lived in the sixteenth century. He was the grand Imam of the Bornu Empire and the chronicler of Mai Idris Aluma ....
  
  
• Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh
  Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh
  Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh was a Chadian politician and opposition leader who headed the Party for Liberties and Development .-Early life and education:...
  
  
• Ibrahim IV of Bornu
  Ibrahim IV of Bornu
  Ibrahim IV was a titled Mai of the Kanuri state of Bornu from 1820-1846. He was one of the last rulers from the Sefawa ruling dynasty.-Emerging opposition:...
  
  
• Haroun Kabadi
  Haroun Kabadi
  Haroun Kabadi is a Chadian political figure. He was Prime Minister of Chad from June 2002 to June 2003 and has been President of the National Assembly of Chad since June 2011....
  
  
• Kachim Biri
• Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué
  Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué
  Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué was a Chadian politician and former army officer. Kamougué was a leading figure in the 1975 coup d'état and since then he has held several positions in the Chadian government and legislature. He was Vice-President from 1979 to 1982 and was President of the National...
  
  
• Saleh Kebzabo
  Saleh Kebzabo
  Saleh Kebzabo is a Chadian politician. He is the President of the National Union for Democracy and Renewal and a Deputy in the National Assembly of Chad.-Political career:...
  
  
• Djibrine Kerallah
  Djibrine Kerallah
  Djibrine Kerallah was a Chadian politician and diplomat....
  
  
• Oueddei Kichidemi
  Oueddei Kichidemi
  Oueddei Kichidemi was the father of the former Chadian President Goukouni Oueddei and was the tribal leader, or derde, of the Toubou Teda of the Tibesti during the Chadian Civil War....
  
  
• Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye
  Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye
  Nouradine 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...
  
  
• Alphonse Kotiga
  Alphonse Kotiga
  Colonel Alphonse Kotiga, also known as Kotiga Guérina, was a Chadian military officer and politician. He was one of the leaders of the coup d'etat which overthrew and killed Chadian President François Tombalbaye on April 15, 1975, and then became a minister in the government of the new president,...
  
  
• Abbas Koty
  Abbas Koty
  Abbas Koty Yacoub was a Chadian political figure and rebel leader.Koty, a Zaghawa, was Director of the Military Cabinet under Head of State Goukouni Oueddei from 1979 to June 1982, when Oueddei was ousted by Hissène Habré. He then went into exile in Nigeria...
  
  
• Ahmed Koulamallah
  Ahmed Koulamallah
  Ahmed Koulamallah was a prominent politician in Colonial Chad. He was the estranged son of the sultan of Baguirmi and the charismatic leader of the Tijaniyyah Islamic brotherhood in Chad....
  
  
• Brahim Koulamallah
  Brahim Koulamallah
  Brahim Ahmed Koulamallah is a Chadian politician. He was the candidate of the Renewed African Socialist Movement in the May 2006 presidential election, taking fifth place with 5.31% of the vote. In the government named on August 15, 2006, he was appointed Minister of Tourism Development...
  
  
• Laotegguelnodji Koumtog
  Laotegguelnodji Koumtog
  Laotegguelnodji Koumtog is a Chadian political figure and diplomat. He was Minister of Communication and Government Spokesman from 1994 to 1998 and Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2000 to 2005.Koumtog was born in Pandzangue...
  
  
• Marie-Christine Koundja
  Marie-Christine Koundja
  Marie-Christine Koundja is a Chadian writer and diplomat. She has written a novel, Al-Istifakh, ou, L'idylle de mes amis .She was the Ambassador to Cameroon, and is currently First Secretary at the Chadian Embassy in Nigeria....
  
  
• Kure Gana
• Kure Kura
• Koulsy Lamko
  Koulsy Lamko
  Koulsy Lamko is a Chadian-born playwright, poet, novelist and university lecturer. Born in Dadouar, Lamko left his country for Burkina Faso in 1979 due to the beginning of the civil war. There, he became acquainted with Thomas Sankara and involved with the Institute of Black Peoples in Ouagadougou...
  
  
• Amédée-François Lamy
  Amédée-François Lamy
  Amédée-François Lamy was born at Mougins, in the French département of Alpes-Maritimes on February 7, 1858 and died in the battle of Kousséri on April 22, 1900....
  
  
• Gabriel Lisette
  Gabriel Lisette
  Gabriel Francisco Lisette was a Chadian politician that played a key-role in the decolonization of Chad.Of African descent, he was born at Portobelo in Panama on April 2, 1919. He became a French colonial administrator, and in this role was posted to Chad in 1946...
  
  
• Serge Malé
  Serge Malé
  Serge Malé, a national of France, is a senior UN official working for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Since 2006, he is head of the UNHCR office in Chad....
  
  
• Hassan Abdallah Mardigue
  Hassan Abdallah Mardigue
  Hassan Abdallah Mardigue is the disputed leader of the Chadian rebel group Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad . He was born circa 1951 in Gouro in the north of Chad.-References:...
  
  
• Félix Malloum
  Félix Malloum
  General Félix Malloum or Félix Malloum Ngakoutou Bey-Ndi was a Chadian politician from the south. He served as an officer in the Chadian Military and as a member of the ruling Chadian Progressive Party . He later became the Chief of Staff with the rank of colonel...
  
  
• Matthias N'Gartéri Mayadi
  Matthias N'Gartéri Mayadi
  Matthias N’Gartéri Mayadi has been the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of N'Djaména in Chad since 2003. N'Gartéri Mayadi was ordained as a priest on 30 December 1978 and became the bishop of Sarh in 1987. He was the bishop of Moundou from 1990 to 2003...
  
  
• Octave Meynier
  Octave Meynier
  Octave Meynier was a French military officer, born on February 22, 1874 at Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche in France and died on May 31, 1961 at Algiers. He is remembered as one of two officers who took control of the Voulet-Chanoine Mission, which mutinied and rampaged through West Africa in 1899. He...
  
  
• Ngarindo Milengar
  Ngarindo Milengar
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• Idriss Miskine
  Idriss Miskine
  Idriss Miskine was a Chadian politician and diplomat under Presidents Félix Malloum and Hissène Habré.-Career:...
  
  
• Djikoloum Mobele
  Djikoloum Mobele
  Djikoloum Mobele is a Chadian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.Mobele competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece but did not finish in heat 7. He has also competed at the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 World Indoor Championships.-References:* at Yahoo! sports...
  
  
• Fidèle Moungar
  Fidèle Moungar
  Fidèle 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....
  
  
• Idriss Ndele Moussa
  Idriss Ndele Moussa
  Idriss Ndele Moussa is the president of the African Union's Pan-African Parliament. He became president on May 29, 2009. The other leading contenders for the presidency were Sawadogo Lassane and Mostefa Abdelaziz El-Gendy...
  
  
• Baba Moustapha
  Baba Moustapha
  Mahamat "Baba" Moustapha was a Chadian playwright writing in French. His plays include Le Maitre des Djinns, Le Souffle de l'Harmattan and Makarie aux Épines. His posthumously published play Commandant Chaka , a denunciation of military dictatorships, is considered to be his finest work...
  
  
• Ahmed Hassan Musa
  Ahmed Hassan Musa
  Ahmed Hassan Musa was a Chadian insurgent who participated to the first phase of the Chadian Civil War. An islamic fundamentalist close to the Muslim Brotherhood, he was head of the General Union of the Children of Chad , an islamic political party formed by Chadian exiles in Sudan...
  
  
• Kaltouma Nadjina
  Kaltouma Nadjina
  Kaltouma Nadjina is a Chadian sprinter. Her specialities are the 200 and 400 metres.Born in Bol by a modest family, her sportif career began when she participated in 1993 at Moundou to the National Sport Week...
  
  
• Japhet N'Doram
  Japhet N'Doram
  Japhet N'Doram is a retired Chadian footballer who played as a striker.His 14-year playing career was mainly spent with Nantes, which he represented in several capacities...
  
  
• Maurice Ngangtar
  Maurice Ngangtar
  Maurice Ngangtar was a Chadian politician and diplomat. He was foreign minister of Chad from 1963-1964.-References:...
  
  
• Djidingar Dono Ngardoum
  Djidingar Dono Ngardoum
  Djidingar Dono Ngardoum was Prime Minister of Chad from 19 May 1982 to 19 June 1982....
  
  
• Sam Nolutshungu
  Sam Nolutshungu
  Samuel Clement Nolutshungu was one of the foremost South African scholars, and an internationally acclaimed expert on South African politics....
  
  
• Mahamat Nour
• Mahamat Nouri
  Mahamat Nouri
  General 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...
  
  
• Mohammed I of Kanem
  Mohammed I of Kanem
  Mohammed I of Kanem was a mai of Kanem whose reign on the throne was for a brief period of time. He died fighting the Sao of southern Lake Chad. His death and the inability of the sons of Abdullahi I to win the Sao wars led to a suspension of patrilineal succession....
  
  
• Noël Milarew Odingar
  Noël Milarew Odingar
  Noël 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....
  
  
• Omar I of Kanem
  Omar I of Kanem
  Omar ibn Idris was the ruler of Kanem who moved the capital from Kanem to Kaga....
  
  
• Othman I
  Othman I
  Othman I was the emperor of the Kanem-Bornu Empire from 1356-1369 during the Sayfawa dynasty....
  
  
• Othman II
  Othman II
  Othman II was the emperor of Kanem-Bornu Empire from 1369-1371....
  
  
• Othman III
• Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido
  Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido
  Nassour Guelendouksia Ouaido is a Chadian politician. He was Prime Minister of Chad from 1997 to 1999 and was President of the National Assembly of Chad from 2002 to 2011.A southerner, he was born in 1947 at Gounou Gaya....
  
  
• Goukouni Oueddei
  Goukouni Oueddei
  Goukouni Oueddei is a Chadian political figure. He was Head of State of Chad from 1979 to 1982. He is currently in exile.-Biography:...
  
  
• Albert Pahimi Padacké
  Albert Pahimi Padacké
  Albert Pahimi Padacké is a politician in Chad. He is currently Minister of Posts, Information Technologies and Communications and leads a political party, the National Rally for Democracy in Chad ....
  
  
• Laurence Pope
  Laurence Pope
  Laurence Everett Pope, II , retired United States Ambassador to Chad. Pope held a number of senior posts in the Department of State. He was the Director for Northern Gulf Affairs , Associate Director for Counter-Terrorism , U.S...
  
  
• Muhammad Hamid Al Qarani
  Muhammad Hamid Al Qarani
  Mohammed el Gharani is a citizen of Chad who was detained for seven years in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.El Qarani is a native of Saudi Arabia and American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1986, in Medina, Saudi Arabia.On June 15, 2005Human Rights lawyer...
  
  
• Rabih az-Zubayr
  Rabih az-Zubayr
  Rabih az-Zubayr ibn Fadl Allah or Rabih Fadlallah , usually known as Rabah in French, was a Sudanese warlord and slave trader who established a powerful empire west of Lake Chad, in today's Chad....
  
  
• Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane
  Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane
  Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane was a Chadian warlord active during the civil war . His early life is very undocumented, and his date of birth is unknown. A semi-literate Muslim Kanembu, he originally belonged to Goukouni Oueddei's People's Armed Forces...
  
  
• Gontchomé Sahoulba
  Gontchomé Sahoulba
  Gontchomé Sahoulba was a Chadian politician who played a prominent role during the decolonization in Chad. Born in 1909, he was a Moundang chief of Mayo-Kebbi, in what was then the French colony of Chad.- Political activity in UDT :...
  
  
• Youssouf Saleh Abbas
  Youssouf Saleh Abbas
  Youssouf Saleh Abbas is a Chadian political figure who was Prime Minister of Chad from April 2008 to March 2010. He was previously a diplomatic adviser and special representative of President Idriss Déby.-Political career:...
  
  
• Mahamat Saleh Annadif
  Mahamat Saleh Annadif
  Mahamat Saleh Annadif is a Chadian diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 2003.Annadif was born in Arada, Chad and worked at the telecommunications department of the National Office of Posts and Telecommunications from 1981 to 1982...
  
  
• Fatma Samoura
  Fatma Samoura
  Fatma Samoura, a national of Senegal born in 1962, is a senior United Nations official. Currently , she is he seniormost UN official in Chad....
  
  
• Joseph Brahim Seid
  Joseph Brahim Seid
  Joseph Brahim Seid was a Chadian writer and politician. He served as Minister of Justice from 1966 to 1975. As a writer he is known for the works Au Tchad sous les étoiles and Un enfant du Tchad , based on his own life.-References:* http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/chad/arts.html*...
  
  
• Selma (king)
• Ahmed Senoussi
  Ahmed Senoussi
  Ahmed Senoussi is a former Chadian high jumper.He finished twelfth in the high jump final at the 1968 Olympic Games. He also competed at the 1972 Olympic Games without reaching the final.-External links:*...
  
  
• Mbaydoum Simeon
  Mbaydoum Simeon
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• Lol Mohamed Shawa
  Lol Mohamed Shawa
  Lol Mahamat Choua is a Chadian politician who served as his country's Head of State for four months in 1979. He is the President of the Rally for Democracy and Progress political party....
  
  
• Abba Siddick
  Abba Siddick
  Abba Siddick is a Muslim Chadian politician and revolutionary born in what was the Oubangui-Chari French colony . In passing in Chad , he entered in active politics in the Chadian Progressive Party , a nationalist and radical African political party founded in 1947 and led by Gabriel Lisette...
  
  
• MC Solaar
  MC Solaar
  MC Solaar is a francophone hip hop and rap artist. He is one of the most internationally popular and influential French rappers....
  
  
• Daoud Soumain
  Daoud Soumain
  Daoud Soumain was the Chadian Chief of Army Staff. While Deputy Chief of Staff he was given in 2003 command of the Chadian contingent sent in the Central African Republic, which had been sent to consolidate the CAR President François Bozizé's rule as he had just risen to power...
  
  
• Christophe Staewen
  Christophe Staewen
  Dr. Christophe Staewen was born in 1926. He is a German medical doctor, specialist of psychiatry, neurology and psychotherapy. In 1963, amongst the people of Yoruba, he began to study in Western Nigeria the conditions of uprooting of these Africans caused by the increasing confrontation with the...
  
  
• Ahmat Taboye
  Ahmat Taboye
  Ahmat Taboye is a literary critic from Chad. As head of the Department of Letters at the University of N'Djamena, he published Anthologie de la littérature tchadienne in 2003, which covers 40 years of Chadian literature. In May 2007, the Ministry of Cultural and Artistic Development named him a...
  
  
• Youssouf Togoïmi
  Youssouf Togoïmi
  Youssouf Togoïmi was a leading Chadian politician who served in the government under President Idriss Déby but subsequently led a rebel group, the Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad , against Déby....
  
  
• Nabatingue Toko
  Nabatingue Toko
  Nabatingue Tokomon Dieudonné, often shortened to Nabatingue Toko is a Chadian football attacker who retired in 1986.- Career :...
  
  
• François Tombalbaye
  François Tombalbaye
  François Tombalbaye, also called Ngarta Tombalbaye , was a teacher and a trade union activist who served as the first president of Chad. He was born in the southern region of the country in the Moyen-Chari Prefecture near the city of Koumara and was of the Sara ethnic group, the prominent ethnicity...
  
  
• Umar of Borno
  Umar of Borno
  Umar I ibn Muhammad al-Amin or Umar of Borno was Shehu of the Kanem-Bornu Empire and son of Muhammad al-Amin al-Kanemi.-Reign of Umar:...
  
  
• Donald Yamamoto
  Donald Yamamoto
  Donald Yamamoto is the former U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia . He was appointed by President George W. Bush in November, 2006, and presented his credentials to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in Addis Ababa on December 6, 2006....
  
  
• Nagoum Yamassoum
  Nagoum Yamassoum
  Nagoum Yamassoum is a Chadian politician. He was Prime Minister of Chad from 1999 to 2002 and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2005....
  
  
• Pascal Yoadimnadji
  Pascal Yoadimnadji
  Pascal 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...
  
  
• Joseph Yodoyman
  Joseph Yodoyman
  Joseph Yodoyman was a Chadian politician and civil servant, who held the post of Prime Minister under President Idriss Déby from 1992 to 1993....
  
  
• Ngarlejy Yorongar
  Ngarlejy Yorongar
  Ngarlejy Koji Yorongar le Moinban is a Chadian politician. He is the Executive Federal Coordinator of the Federation, Action for the Republic , a radical opposition party, as well as a Deputy in the National Assembly of Chad and President of the Federation Parliamentary Group.-Early career:Before...
  
  
• Adoum Younousmi
  Adoum Younousmi
  Adoum 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...
  
  

Places in Chad

• 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...
  
  
• List of cities in Chad
  • Abéché
    Abéché
    -Demographics:Demographic evolution:-References:...
    
    
  • Ade
    Ade, Chad
    Adé 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...
    
    
  • Adré
    Adré
    Adré 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...
    
    
  • Am Dam
    Am Dam
    Am Dam is the capital of Djourf Al Ahmar Department in Sila Region, Chad, located at an important crossroads in the Batha River valley. XIK It is a small town about northwest of Goz-Beida and by road from the capital N'Djamena. Am Dam is also the name of the Sub-Prefecture that the city is within...
    
    
  • Amdjereme
    Amdjereme
    -Raid:Amdjereme was the sight of the alleged Amdjereme raid, on March 6, 2006, only two weeks after Chad and Sudan signed the Tripoli Accord in which the governments of the two nations pledged to end support for rebels operating in their respective countries...
    
    
  • Am Timan
    Am Timan
    Am Timan is a city in Chad and is the capital of the region of Salamat. Am Timan means "mother of twins," although the reason for the name is not known...
    
    
  • Arada
    Arada, Chad
    Arada is a town and subprefecture in the department of Biltine in eastern Chad.The town has an important grain market.Many rural citizens earn their incomes by weaving straw fences.- References :...
    
    
  • Ati
    Ati, Chad
    Ati is a city in Chad, the capital of the region of Batha. It lies 278 miles by road east of the capital N'Djamena. The town is served by Ati Airport....
    
    
  • Bahaï
    Bahaï, Chad
    Bahaï 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....
    
    
  • Bardaï
    Bardai, Chad
    Bardaï is a small town and oasis in the extreme north of Chad. It is the main town of the Tibesti Region, which was formed in 2008 from the Tibesti Department of the former Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region....
    
    
  • Biltine
    Biltine, Chad
    Biltine 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...
    
    
  • Bokoro
    Bokoro
    Bokoro is a town in Chad. It is located at around . The town is served by Bokoro Airport.-Demographics:...
    
    
  • Bol
    Bol, Chad
    Bol is a city in Chad, the capital of the region of Lac near Lake Chad. The town is served by Bol Airport , which has a paved runway.-Demographics:-External links:*...
    
    
  • Bongor
    Bongor
    Bongor is a city in Chad, the capital of the region of Mayo-Kebbi Est. It is located on the eastern bank of the Logone River. During the rainy season , the Logone is navigable between Bongor and N'Djamena, Chad's capital...
    
    
  • Borota
    Borota, Chad
    -January 2006 raids:On January 6, 2006, Janjaweed militants crossed the border from Sudan into Chad and attacked the cities of Borota, Adé, and Moudaina. Nine civilians were killed and three were seriously injured....
    
    
  • Bousso
    Bousso
    Bousso is a city in Chari-Baguirmi Region, Chad. It is located at around . The town is served by Bousso Airport....
    
    
  • Doba
    Doba
    Doba is a city in Chad, the capital of the region of Logone Oriental.Exploitation of oil resources in the vicinity of Doba is expected to produce economic benefits.The town is served by Doba Airport.-Demographics:...
    
    
  • Fada
  • Faya-Largeau
    Faya-Largeau
    Located in the Sahara, Faya's climate is classed as hot desert on the Köppen climate classification. It experiences hot winters and very hot summers with the peak average maximum temperature reaching in May and the average minimum reaching its lowest in January at . Rainfall averages out at about...
    
    
  • Fianga
  • Gaoui
    Gaoui
    Gaoui is a village in Chad, lying 10km north east of N'Djamena. It is said to have been the capital of the Sao civilisation and is now known for its traditional architecture and pottery manufacture. It is also home to a museum.The 2003 film Abouna was partly filmed in the village....
    
    
  • Gori
    Gori, Chad
    Gori is a small village in Chad on the banks of the Chari River, near Sarh. It is the largest of only three villages where Laal is spoken....
    
    
  • Goz Beïda
    Goz Beïda
    Goz Beïda is the main town of the Sila Department, which occupies the south-east part of the Ouaddaï Region region of Chad. It is from Chad's eastern border with Sudan's western Darfur Region. Thousands of refugees from Sudan live in Goz Beïda...
    
    
  • Guéréda
    Guéréda
    Guéréda 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...
    
    
  • Iriba
    Iriba
    Iriba is a town in the Wadi Fira Region, Chad. It is located at around . The town is served by Iriba Airport....
    
    
  • Kayrati
    Kayrati
    Kayrati is a village in Chad.In 2004 a water tower with a solar-powered pump was constructed to raise groundwater and distribute it to public taps. It was built as compensation for land lost to oil development.- External links :*...
    
    
  • Kélo
    Kélo
    Kélo is a city in southwest Chad, its fifth largest city by population. It is also the capital of the department of Tandjile Ouest....
    
    
  • Koro Toro
    Koro Toro
    Koro Toro is an anthropological and an archaeological site located in southern Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region in Chad. It is known for the discovery of the Australopithecus bahrelghazali fossil hominin that was first discovered in January 1995....
    
    
  • Koumogo
    Koumogo
    - Bridge :A bridge over the Bragoto River collapsed greatly disrupted road traffic until the bridge was reconstructed....
    
    
  • Koumra
    Koumra
    Koumra is a town in southern Chad. It is the capital of the region of Mandoul and of the department of Mandoul Oriental. It is the sixth largest town in Chad....
    
    
  • Laï
    Laï
    Laï is a city in Chad, the capital of the region of Tandjilé. The town is served by Laï Airport.-References:...
    
    
  • Linia
    Linia, Chad
    Linia is a town in Chad, lying 30km east of N'Djamena. It is known for its large market....
    
    
  • Mani
    Mani, Chad
    Mani is a town in Hadjer-Lamis region, western Chad, south of the Lake Chad, on the border with Cameroon....
    
    
  • Mao
    Mao, Chad
    Mao is a city in Chad, the capital of the Kanem Region and of the department also named Kanem.As in other Chadian regions, Mao is ruled by both a traditional Sultan and by central government officials...
    
    
  • Massaguet
    Massaguet
    Massaguet is a city in Hadjer-Lamis region, western Chad. It is located at around .A 86.6km highway completed in 1969 connects Massaguet with N'Djamena....
    
    
  • Massakory
    Massakory
    Massakory is the capital of the Chadian region of Hadjer-Lamis and of the department of Dagana. The town was formerly in the prefecture of Fort-Lamy in the department of Bas-Chari.-People:...
    
    
  • Massenya
    Massenya
    Massenya is a small town in Chad. It is the capital of the region of Chari-Baguirmi and of the department of Baguirmi.Massenya is also the capital of the Kingdom of Baguirmi and the seat of the Mbang, or Sultan.The town is served by Massenya Airport....
    
    
  • Moundou
    Moundou
    Moundou is the second largest city in Chad, and is the capital of the region of Logone Occidental.The city lies on the Logone River some 475 kilometres south of the capital N'Djamena. It is the main city of the Ngambai people...
    
    
  • Mongo
    Mongo, Chad
    Mongo is a city in Chad, the capital of the region of Guéra. It lies 252.2 miles by road east of the capital N'Djamena. It is served by Mongo Airport....
    
    
  • Moussoro
    Moussoro
    Moussoro is a town in Chad, lying 300km north east of N'Djamena on the road to Faya-Largeau. An important transportation centre, it lies in a dry river bed and as a result has more vegetation than is usual in the area....
    
    
  • N'Djamena
    N'Djamena
    N'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...
    
    
    • Mbololo
      Mbololo
      Mbolo is a residential district of the city of N'Djamena, the capital of Chad....
      
      
  • Ouara
    Ouara
    Deserted since its wells went dry in the 19th century, Ouara is the former capital of the Ouaddaï lying near Abéché in eastern Chad. Situated between hills, it is still home to a ruined palace, mosque and city wall. These ruins were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on July 21st,...
    
    
  • Oum Hadjer
    Oum Hadjer
    Oum Hadjer is a small city in Chad, and the capital of Batha Est Department. It straddles the ephemeral Batha River, lies on the main road between Khartoum and N'Djamena, and has a small airport, . Strategically located, it has been contested by government and rebel forces in 1982, 1990, and...
    
    
  • Pala
    Pala, Chad
    Pala is a town in Chad and the capital of the region of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest. The Fula language is spoken in the area. The Roman Catholic bishopric of Pala served Mayo-Kebbi Prefecture, in 1970, Pala included 116,000 of Chad's 160,000 Catholics....
    
    
  • Sarh
    Sarh
    Sarh is the third largest city in Chad, after N'Djamena and Moundou. It is the capital of Moyen-Chari region and the department of Barh Köh. It lies 350 miles south-east of the capital Ndjamena on the Chari River...
    
    
  • Yao
    Yao, Chad
    Yao is a town in Chad and the capital of the Fitri department.Yao is also the name of a precolonial Sultanate in the same area. See the Bulala people....
    
    
  • Zouar
    Zouar, Chad
    Zouar is a town in the Tibesti Department in the BET Region in northern Chad, in an oasis in the Tibesti Mountains. The town has an airport with an unpaved runway....
    
    

• Prefectures of Chad
  Prefectures of Chad
  Chad was divided into 14 prefectures from 1960, the year of independence, to 1999, when the country was divided in 28 departments:A further reorganisation in 2002 divided the country into the current 18 regions.NB : Alphabetic order...
  
  
  • Batha Prefecture
    Batha Prefecture
    This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Batha was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the center of the country, Batha covered an area of 88,800 square kilometers and had a population of 288,458 in 1993. Its capital...
    
    
  • Biltine Prefecture
    Biltine Prefecture
    This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Biltine was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the east of the country, Biltine covered an area of 46,850 square kilometers and had a population of 184,807 in 1993. Its capital...
    
    
  • Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti
  • Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture
    Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture
    This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Chari-Baguirmi was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the west of the country, Chari-Baguirmi covered an area of 82,910 square kilometers and had a population of 720,941 in...
    
    
  • Guéra Prefecture
    Guéra Prefecture
    This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Guéra was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Its capital was Mongo...
    
    
  • Kanem Prefecture
    Kanem Prefecture
    This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Kanem was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the west of the country, Kanem covered an area of 114,520 square kilometers and had a population of 279,927 in 1993. Its capital...
    
    
  • Lac Prefecture
    Lac Prefecture
    This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Lac was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the west of the country, Lac covered an area of 22,320 square kilometers and had a population of 252,932 in 1993. Its capital was Bol....
    
    
  • Logone Occidental Prefecture
    Logone Occidental Prefecture
    This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Logone Occidental was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the southwest of the country, Logone Occidental covered an area of 8,695 square kilometers and had a population of...
    
    
  • Logone Oriental Prefecture
    Logone Oriental Prefecture
    This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Logone Oriental was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the southwest of the country, Logone Oriental covered an area of 28,035 square kilometers and had a population of 441,064...
    
    
  • Mayo-Kébbi Prefecture
    Mayo-Kébbi Prefecture
    This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Mayo-Kébbi was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the southwest of the country, Mayo-Kébbi covered an area of 30,105 square kilometers and had a population of 825,158 in 1993....
    
    
  • Moyen-Chari Prefecture
    Moyen-Chari Prefecture
    This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Moyen-Chari was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the south of the country, Moyen-Chari covered an area of 45,180 square kilometers and had a population of 738,595 in 1993....
    
    
  • Ouaddaï Prefecture
    Ouaddaï Prefecture
    This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Ouaddaï was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the east of the country, Ouaddaï covered an area of 76,240 square kilometers and had a population of 543,900 in 1993. Its...
    
    
  • Salamat Prefecture
    Salamat Prefecture
    This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Salamat was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the southeast of the country, Salamat covered an area of 63,000 square kilometers and had a population of 184,403 in 1993...
    
    
  • Tandjilé Prefecture
    Tandjilé Prefecture
    This article refers to one of the former prefectures of Chad. From 2002 the country was divided into 18 regions.Tandjilé was one of the 14 prefectures of Chad. Located in the southwest of the country, Tandjilé covered an area of 18,045 square kilometers and had a population of 453,854 in 1993. Its...
    
    

• Regions of Chad
  Regions of Chad
  ||The country of Chad is currently divided into 22 régions. From independence in 1960 until 1999 it was divided into 14 préfectures. These were replaced in 1999 by 28 départements. The country was reorganized again in 2002 to produce 18 régions...
  
  
  • Batha Region
    Batha Region
    Batha is one of the 22 regions of Chad. It is located in the centre of the country, the regional capital is Ati, and the region is composed of what was formerly Batha Prefecture.-Subdivisions:The region of Batha is divided in 3 departments:-Demography:...
    
    
  • Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region
    Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region
    The Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti was until 2008 one of the then 18 regions of Chad, its capital being Faya-Largeau. It comprised the former Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture...
    
    
  • Chari-Baguirmi Region
    Chari-Baguirmi Region
    Chari-Baguirmi is one of the 22 regions of Chad and its capital is Massenya. It is composed by part of the former Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture .-Subdivisions:...
    
    
  • Guéra Region
    Guéra Region
    Guéra is one of the 22 regions of Chad and its capital is Mongo. It is formed by the former Guéra Prefecture-Subdivisions:The region of Guéra is divided in 2 departments:-Demography:...
    
    
  • Hadjer-Lamis
    Hadjer-Lamis
    Hadjer-Lamis is one of the 22 regions of Chad, located in the southwest of the country. The capital is Massakory. It corresponds to part of the former prefecture of Chari-Baguirmi ....
    
    
  • Kanem Region
    Kanem Region
    Kanem is one of the 22 regions of Chad, corresponding to the former prefecture of Kanem. Its capital is Mao. It is named after the famous Kanem Empire, which was centered in this vicinity.The region of Kanem is divided into 3 departments:-Demography:...
    
    
  • Lac Region
    Lac Region
    Lac is one of the 22 regions of Chad and its capital is Bol. It is composed by the former Lac Prefecture.- Subdivisions :The region of Lac is divided in 2 departments:- Demography :The population of this region has 248,226 inhabitants ....
    
    
  • Logone Occidental Region
    Logone Occidental Region
    Logone Occidental is one of the 22 regions of Chad and its capital is Moundou. It consists of the former Logone Occidental Prefecture.-Subdivisions:The region of Logone Occidental is divided in 3 departments:-Demography:...
    
    
  • Logone Oriental Region
    Logone Oriental Region
    Logone Oriental is one of the 22 regions of Chad and its capital is Doba. It is composed by the former Logone Oriental Prefecture.-Subdivisions:The region of Logone Oriental is divided in 4 departments:-Demography:...
    
    
  • Mandoul
    Mandoul
    Mandoul is one of the 22 regions of Chad. Located in the south of the country, it corresponds with part of the former prefecture of Moyen-Chari...
    
    
  • Mayo-Kebbi Est
    Mayo-Kebbi Est
    Mayo-Kebbi Est is one of the 22 regions of Chad and its capital is Bongor. It is composed by part of the former prefecture of Mayo-Kebbi .-Subdivisions:...
    
    
  • Mayo-Kebbi Ouest
    Mayo-Kebbi Ouest
    Mayo-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:...
    
    
  • Moyen-Chari Region
    Moyen-Chari Region
    Moyen-Chari is one of the 22 regions of Chad and its capital is Sarh. Its economy is based on subsistence agriculture, breeding, cotton and sugarcane.-Demography:The region's population was 598,284 inhabitants in 2009 ....
    
    
  • Ouaddaï Region
    Ouaddaï Region
    Ouaddaï 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...
    
    
  • Salamat Region
    Salamat Region
    Salamat is one of the 22 regions of Chad with its capital at Am Timan. The region's economy is based on subsistence agriculture, breeding, fishery and cotton.-Demography:The region's population was 308,605 inhabitants in 2009....
    
    
  • Tandjilé Region
    Tandjilé Region
    Tandjilé is one of the 22 regions of Chad and its capital is Laï.-Subdivisions:The region of Tandjilé is divided in 2 departments:-Demography:...
    
    
  • Wadi Fira
    Wadi Fira
    Wadi Fira is one of the 22 regions of Chad, and corresponds with the former prefecture of Biltine. Its capital is the town of Biltine.-Subdivisions:Wadi Fira is divided into 3 departments:...
    
    

• Departments of Chad
  Departments of Chad
  The regions of Chad are divided into 53 departments. The departments are listed below, by region:-Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region:*Borkou*Ennedi Est*Ennedi Ouest*Tibesti-Chari-Baguirmi Region:*Baguirmi*Chari*Loug Chari-Logone Occidental Region:*Dodjé...
  
  
  • Aboudeïa
    Aboudeïa Department
    Aboudeïa is one of three departments in Salamat, a region of Chad. Its capital is Aboudeïa....
    
    
  • Assoungha
    Assoungha
    Assoungha is one of four departments in Ouaddaï, a region of Chad. Its capital is Adré....
    
    
  • Baguirmi
  • Barh Azoum
    Barh Azoum
    Barh Azoum is one of three departments in Salamat, a region of Chad. Its capital is Am Timan....
    
    
  • Barh El Gazel
    Barh El Gazel
    Bahr el Gazel is one of the two departments in Kanem, a region of Chad. Its capital is Moussoro.Bahr el Gazel is divided into 6 sub-prefectures:* Amsileb* Chadra* Mandjoura* Michemire* Moussoro* Salal...
    
    
  • Barh Köh
    Barh Köh
    Barh Köh is one of three departments in Moyen-Chari, a region of Chad. Its capital is Sarh....
    
    
  • Barh Sara
    Barh Sara
    Barh Sara is one of 3 departments which make up the region of Mandoul in southern Chad. Its capital is Moïssala.SubdivisionsIt is divided into 3 sub-prefectures:* Moïssala* Bouna* Dembo...
    
    
  • Barh Signaka
    Barh Signaka
    Barh Signaka is one of two departments in Guéra, a region of Chad. Its capital is Mongo....
    
    
  • Batha Est
    Batha Est
    Batha Est is one of the three departments which make up the Batha Region in Chad. The capital is Oum Hadjer.Batha Est is divided into four sub-prefectures:* Oum Hadjer* Assinet*Haraze Djombo Kibet*Am Sack...
    
    
  • Batha Ouest
    Batha Ouest
    Batha Ouest or Batha West is one of the three departments which make up the region of Batha in Chad. The capital is Ati.Batha Ouest is divided into three sub-prefectures:* Ati* Djedda* Koundjourou...
    
    
  • Biltine
    Biltine Department
    Biltine is one of three departments in Wadi Fira, a region of Chad. Its capital is Biltine....
    
    
  • Borkou
    Borkou Department
    Bourkou was formerly one of four departments within Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, a region of Chad, in the northern Saharan territory of Borkou. Its capital is Faya-Largeau. In 2008 the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region was split into three, and Bourkou became a separate region under the same name....
    
    
  • Chari
    Chari Department
    Chari is one of 3 departments making up the region of Chari-Baguirmi in Chad. Its capital is Mandélia.Subprefectures:*Mandélia*La Loumia*Koundoul*Linia*Lougoun...
    
    
  • Dababa
    Dababa
    Dababa is one of three departments in Hadjer-Lamis, a region of Chad. Its capital is Bokoro....
    
    
  • Dagana
    Dagana Department, Chad
    Dagana is one of three departments in Hadjer-Lamis, a region of Chad. Its capital is Massakory....
    
    
  • Dar Tama
    Dar Tama
    Dar Tama is one of three departments in Wadi Fira, a region of Chad. Its capital is Gueréda....
    
    
  • Djourf Al Ahmar
    Djourf Al Ahmar
    Djourf Al Ahmar is one of four departments in Ouaddaï, a region of Chad. Its capital is Am-Dam....
    
    
  • Dodjé
    Dodjé
    Dodjé is one of three departments in Logone Occidental, a region of Chad. Its capital is Beinamar....
    
    
  • Ennedi Est
    Ennedi Est
    Ennedi Est is one of two departments in the Ennedi Region of Chad. Its capital is Bahaï....
    
    
  • Ennedi Ouest
    Ennedi Ouest
    Ennedi Ouest is one of two departments in Ennedi Region of Chad. Its capital is Fada....
    
    
  • Fitri
  • Grande Sido
    Grande Sido
    Grande Sido is one of three departments in Moyen-Chari, a region of Chad. Its capital is Maro....
    
    
  • Guéra
    Guéra Department
    Guéra is one of two departments in Guéra, a region of Chad. Its capital is Melfi....
    
    
  • Haraze Al Biar
    Haraze Al Biar
    Haraze Al Biar is one of three departments in Hadjer-Lamis, a region of Chad. Its capital is Massaguet....
    
    
  • Haraze Mangueigne
    Haraze Mangueigne Department
    Haraze Mangueigne is one of three departments in Salamat, a region of Chad. Its capital is Haraze....
    
    
  • Kabbia
    Kabbia
    Kabbia is one of four departments in Mandoul, a region of Chad. Its capital is Gounou Gaya....
    
    
  • Kanem
    Kanem Department
    Kanem is one of 2 departments which make up the region of Kanem in Chad. The capital is Mao.The department is divided into 4 sub-prefectures:*Kekedina*Mao*Melea*Wadjigui...
    
    
  • Kobé
    Kobé
    Kobé is one of three departments in Wadi Fira, a region of Chad. Its capital is Iriba....
    
    
  • La Nya Pendé
    La Nya Pendé
    La Nya Pendé is one of four departments in Logone Oriental, a region of Chad. Its capital is Goré....
    
    
  • La Pendé
    La Pendé
    La Pendé is one of four departments in Logone Oriental, a region of Chad. Its capital is Doba....
    
    
  • Lac Iro
  • Lac Léré
  • Lac Wey
    Lac Wey
    Lac Wey is one of three departments in Logone Occidental, a region of Chad. Its capital is Moundou....
    
    
  • Lanya
    Lanya
    Lanya is one of four departments in Logone Oriental, a region of Chad. Its capital is Bébédjia....
    
    
  • Loug Chari
    Loug Chari
    Loug Chari is one of three departments in Chari-Baguirmi, a region of Chad. Its capital is Bousso....
    
    
  • Mamdi
  • Mandoul Occidental
    Mandoul Occidental
    Mandoul Occidental is one of the 3 departments which make up the region of Mandoul in Chad. The capital is Bédjondo.Mandoul Occidental has three sub-prefectures:* Bédjondo* Bébopen* Békamba...
    
    
  • Mandoul Oriental
    Mandoul Oriental
    Mandoul Oriental is one of three departments in Mandoul, a region of Chad. Its capital is Koumra....
    
    
  • Mayo-Boneye
    Mayo-Boneye
    Mayo-Boneye is one of four departments in Mayo-Kebbi Est, a region of Chad. Its capital is Bongor....
    
    
  • Mayo-Dallah
    Mayo-Dallah
    Mayo-Dallah is one of two departments in Mayo-Kebbi Ouest, a region of Chad. Its capital is Pala....
    
    
  • Mayo Lemie
    Mayo Lemie
    Mayo Lemie is one of four departments in Mayo-Kebbi Est, a region of Chad. Its capital is Guelendeng....
    
    
  • Mont Illi
    Mont Illi
    Mont Illi is one of four departments in Mayo-Kebbi Est, a region of Chad. Its capital is Fianga....
    
    
  • Monts de Lam
    Monts de Lam
    Monts de Lam is one of four departments in Logone Oriental, a region of Chad. Its capital is Baibokoum....
    
    
  • Ngourkosso
    Ngourkosso
    Ngourkosso is one of three departments in Logone Occidental, a region of Chad. Its capital is Benoyé....
    
    
  • Ouara
    Ouara Department
    Ouara is one of four departments in Ouaddaï, a region of Chad. Its capital is Abéché....
    
    
  • Sila
    Sila Department
    Sila is one of four departments in Ouaddaï, a region of Chad. Its capital is Goz Beïda....
    
    
  • Tandjilé Est
    Tandjilé Est
    Tandjilé Est is one of two departments in Tandjilé, a region of Chad. Its capital is Laï....
    
    
  • Tandjilé Ouest
    Tandjilé Ouest
    Tandjilé Ouest is one of two departments in Tandjilé, a region of Chad. Its capital is Kélo....
    
    
  • Tibesti
    Tibesti Department
    Tibesti was until 2008 one of four departments within Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, a region of Chad. Its capital was Bardaï. In 2008 the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region was split into three, with Tibesti becoming a separate region under the same name...
    
    
  • Wayi
    Wayi
    Wayi is one of two departments in Lac, a region of Chad. Its capital is Ngouri....
    
    

• Sub-prefectures of Chad
  Sub-prefectures of Chad
  The departments of Chad are divided into 348 sub-prefectures .-See also:*Regions of Chad*Departments of Chad...
  
  

• Avenue Charles de Gaulle
  Avenue Charles de Gaulle
  Avenue Charles de Gaulle is one of the main streets and principal commercial avenue of N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, which is named after former French president Charles de Gaulle. It runs in a roughly west-east direction through the city...
  
  

Nature in Chad

• List of lakes in Chad
  • Lake Fitri
    Lake Fitri
    Lake Fitri is located in the center of Chad about 300 km east of N’Djamena. The normal size of the lake is about 50,000 hectacre. The size of this lake can triple in wetter years. This freshwater lake is shallow and is fed by seasonal rainfall and run-off from a catchment area estimated at 70,000 km²...
    
    
  • Lake Chad
    Lake Chad
    Lake Chad is a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Africa, whose size has varied over the centuries. According to the Global Resource Information Database of the United Nations Environment Programme, it shrank as much as 95% from about 1963 to 1998; yet it also states that "the 2007 ...
    
    
  • Tibesti Soda Lake
    Tibesti Soda Lake
    Tibesti Soda Lake is a highly saline, soda-type lake in the Tibesti Mountains of Chad....
    
    
  • Lake Fianga
    Lake Fianga
    Lake Fianga is a lake in Chad and Cameroon. It does not have clearly delineated borders, as it forms the western border of an area of permanent swampland. The lake forms with the seasonal flooding of the Logone River....
    
    
  • Lake Yoa
    Lake Yoa
    Lake Yoa is the most famous, and second largest of a series of Lakes in Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region basin of northeastern Chad. It is locaded in the Ounianga Kebir about 40km west of Ounianga Sarir. These lakes are remnants of a much larger lake which occupied this basin during the African Humid...
    
    

• List of volcanoes in Chad
  • Emi Koussi
    Emi Koussi
    Emi Koussi is a high pyroclastic shield volcano that lies at the south end of the Tibesti Mountains in the central Sahara of northern Chad. It is the highest mountain in Chad, and the highest in the Sahara. The volcano is one of several in the Tibesti massif, and reaches 3445 m in altitude,...
    
    
  • Tarso Toh
    Tarso Toh
    Tarso Toh is a volcanic field located in Chad, north of Tarso Toussidé volcano. It fills valleys and plains over an area of 80 km in east-west direction and 20–30 km in north-south direction. It contains 150 scoria cones and two maars....
    
    
  • Toussidé
    Toussidé
    Toussidé is a potentially active volcano, the westernmost volcano of the Tibesti Mountains of Chad. It has an elevation of rises above sea level. The peak is almost centered within the black shape that has tentacle-shaped lava flows extending down the western flank. The volcano’s base measures...
    
    
  • Tarso Voon
    Tarso Voon
    The Tarso Voon is a 3.100 meter high Stratovolcano in the north of the Republic of Chad. It is located in the western center of the Tibesti Mountains....
    
    
  • Trou au Natron
    Trou au Natron
    Trou au Natron is a volcano in the nation of Chad in Northern Africa. It is located just south east of Toussidé, the westernmost volcano of the Tibesti Mountains.- References :*...
    
    

• Craters of Chad
  • Aorounga crater
    Aorounga crater
    Aorounga is an eroded meteorite impact crater in Chad, Africa. The exposed remnant of the crater is 12.6 km in diameter and its age is estimated to be less than 345 million years ....
    
    
  • Gweni-Fada crater
    Gweni-Fada crater
    Gweni-Fada is a meteorite crater in Chad, Africa.It is 14 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 345 million years . The crater is exposed at the surface.-External links:*...
    
    

• List of rivers of Chad
  • Bahr Salamat
    Bahr Salamat
    Bahr Salamat is an intermittent river in Chad. It flows south into the Chari River. The river flows, when it does, through the community of Am Timan and through the a protected area, the Bahr Salamat Faunal Reserve. It flows with water....
    
    
  • Chari River
    Chari River
    The Chari or Shari River is a 949-kilometer-long river of central Africa. It flows from the Central African Republic through Chad into Lake Chad, following the Cameroon border from N'Djamena, where it joins the Logone River waters....
    
    
  • Logon River
    Logon River
    The Logon or Logone River is a major tributary of the Chari River. The Logone's sources are located in the western Central African Republic, northern Cameroon, and southern Chad. It has two major tributaries. The Pendé River in the prefecture Ouham-Pendé in the Central African Republic and the...
    
    
  • Mayo Kébbi
    Mayo Kébbi
    The Mayo Kébbi is a river in Central and West Africa. The river rises in Chad, then flows west into the Bénoué River. Mayo-Kébbi Prefecture in Chad is named for it. The Mayo Kébbi is the major outlet for Lake Fianga, shared between Cameroon and Chad....
    
    
  • Ouham River
    Ouham River
    The Ouham River is a river in Central Africa, and one of the main headwaters of the Chari River. The Ouham originates in the Central African Republic between the prefecture Nana-Mambéré and the prefecture Ouham-Pendé, crossing into Chad where it joins the Chari about 25 km north Sarh...
    
    
  • Batha River
    Batha River
    The Batha River is an ephemeral river in Chad. As with any rivers or lakes in this region, its existence depends on the amount of rainfall. The river's delta is at Lake Fitri in Chad. Batha River carries water west from Ouaddaï highlands during rainy seasons, usually during flash flooding....
    
    
  • Bragoto River
    Bragoto River
    The Bragoto River is a river in southern Chad. It is a tributary of the Chari River.The bridge spanning Chad's Bragoto River which had collapsed, forcing farmers in the region of Koumogo to travel 127 km to market their produce in Sarh, as opposed to the direct link of 63 km using bridge. It was...
    
    
  • Chadrivia River
    Chadrivia River
    The Chadrivia River is a recently discovered river in the African country of Chad. This is a sweet water river, and has an abundant amount of fish. It is said that Chad could begin exporting fish, because of how good the fish is in this river. You can find rainbow fish, catfish, and trout. The...
    
    

• List of protected areas in Chad
  • Bahr Salamat Faunal Reserve
    Bahr Salamat Faunal Reserve
    Bahr Salamat Faunal Reserve is a conservation area in Chad. It is named after the Bahr Salamat River which flows through it...
    
    
  • Zakouma National Park
    Zakouma National Park
    Zakouma National Park is a national park, located between Sarh and Am Timan, in the south of Chad. Created in 1963, it was Chad's first national park, and has an area of almost...
    
    
  • Aouk National Park
    Aouk National Park
    Aouk National Park is a national park in Chad....
    
    
  • Goz Beïda National Park
    Goz Beïda National Park
    Goz Beïda National Park is a national park in Chad....
    
    
  • Manda National Park
    Manda National Park
    Manda National Park is a national park in Chad....
    
    

• Gauthiot Falls
  Gauthiot Falls
  Gauthiot Falls is a waterfall and natural wonder in Chad. Around 7,000 years ago Lake Chad overflowed southward through the Kébi River and then over Gauthiot Falls and eventually into the Atlantic Ocean.-External links:*...
  
  
• Guelta d'Archei
  Guelta d'Archei
  The Guelta d'Archei is probably the most famous guelta in the Sahara. It is located in the Ennedi Plateau, in north-eastern Chad, south-east of the town of Fada. The Guelta d'Archei is inhabited by several kinds of animals, most notably the Nile crocodile...
  
  
• Bodélé Depression
  Bodélé Depression
  The Bodélé Depression , located at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert in north central Africa, is the lowest point in Chad. Dust storms from the Bodélé Depression occur on average about 100 days per year , one typical example being the massive dust storms that swept over West Africa and the...
  
  
• Borkou
• Tibesti Mountains
  Tibesti Mountains
  The Tibesti Mountains are a range of inactive volcanoes located on the northern edge of the Chad Basin in the Borkou- and Tibesti Region of northern Chad. The massif is one of the most prominent features of the Central-Sahara desert and covers an area of approximately 100,000 km². The northern...
  
  
• Ennedi Plateau
  Ennedi Plateau
  The Ennedi Plateau, located in the North-East of Chad, in the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region, is a sandstone bulwark in the middle of the Sahara. It is assailed by the sands on all sides, that encroach the deep valleys of the Ennedi...
  
  
• Ennedi tiger
  Ennedi tiger
  The Ennedi tiger is a purportedly living Sabertooth cat inhabiting the Ennedi Plateau, located in the east of Chad, in Sub-Saharan Africa.There are reports of two different species, one that mainly inhabits the mountains , and a Water-inhabiting one .The Mountain type, according to...
  
  
• List of birds of Chad
• Wildlife of Chad
  Wildlife of Chad
  The wildlife of Chad is composed of its flora and fauna.-Overview:Animal and plant life correspond to the three climatic zones. In the Saharan region, the only flora is the date-palm groves of the oasis. Palms and acacia trees grow in the Sahelian region. The southern, or Sudanic, zone consists of...
  
  
• Aloba Arch
  Aloba Arch
  Aloba Arch is the name of a natural arch located in the African nation of Chad. Large natural arches are somewhat rare outside of the Colorado Plateau of the southwest United States, although it is unknown if this is a true reflection of the geology or simply because many areas rich in sandstone,...
  
  
• List of mammals in Chad
• Biomphalaria tchadiensis
  Biomphalaria tchadiensis
  Biomphalaria tchadiensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.This species is endemic to lake Chad in Cameroon, Chad and in Nigeria....
  
  
• Reichenow's Firefinch
  Reichenow's Firefinch
  The Chad Firefinch or Reichenow's Firefinch is a small passerine bird belonging to the firefinch genus Lagonosticta in the estrildid finch family Estrildidae. It is restricted to a small area of Central Africa. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of Jameson's Firefinch but is now often...
  
  
• Heuglin's Wheatear
  Heuglin's Wheatear
  Heuglin's Wheatear is a small passerine bird in the wheatear genus Oenanthe. It occurs in a band across Africa to the south of the Sahara. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of Botta's Wheatear of the Ethiopian Highlands and Arabia but is now usually regarded as a separate species...
  
  
• Vulpes riffautae
  Vulpes riffautae
  Vulpes riffautae is an extinct species of fox from the late Miocene of Chad . Fossils of V. riffautae potentially represent the earliest record of the dog family in the Old World. V. riffautae was intermediate in size between the Rüppell's Fox and Fennec Fox ....
  
  

• List of ecoregions in Chad
  • South Saharan steppe and woodlands
    South Saharan steppe and woodlands
    The South Saharan steppe and woodlands is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion of northern Africa.The ecoregion covers in Algeria, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Sudan...
    
    
  • Sahel
    Sahel
    The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the North and the Sudanian Savannas in the south.It stretches across the North African continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea....
    
    
  • Sahara
    Sahara
    The Sahara is the world's second largest desert, after Antarctica. At over , it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as Europe or the United States. The Sahara stretches from the Red Sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean...
    
    
  • Sudan (region)
    Sudan (region)
    The Sudan is the name given to a geographic region to the south of the Sahara, stretching from Western to Eastern Africa. The name derives from the Arabic bilâd as-sûdân or "land of the Blacks"...
    
    
  • Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
    Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
    The Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands ecoregion, in the deserts and xeric shrublands Biome, is located in the Maghreb of North Africa...
    
    
  • Sudanian Savanna
    Sudanian Savanna
    The Sudanian Savanna is a broad belt of tropical savanna that runs east and west across the African continent, from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Ethiopian Highlands in the east. The Sahel, a belt of drier grasslands and acacia savannas, lies to the north, between the Sudanian Savanna and...
    
    

Ethnic groups in Chad

• Anakaza
  Anakaza
  The Anakaza are a Chadian tribe of the Toubou Daza people. One of the largest of Daza subgroups, they are a nomadic people traditionally employed in camel-herding. They are mostly located in the Saharan region of Borkou in northern Chad, they can be found in a vast area from Faya-Largeau to...
  
  
• Andang
  Andang
  Andang is an ethnic minority of Chad and Sudan. Most Andang are Muslims. They live in Biltine Prefecture of Chad. Andang speak the Amdang language. Many Andang are arabicized.-External links:*...
  
  
• Baggara
  Baggara
  The Baggāra Arabs are a set of communities inhabiting the portion of Africa's Sahel between Lake Chad and southern Kordofan, numbering over one million. They have a common language which is one of the regional colloquial Arabic languages...
  
  
• Beni Halba
  Beni Halba
  The Beni Halba is an Arab group located in the western Sudanese region of Darfur. The Beni Halba is one of the major Darfuri Baggara groups, along with the Habbaniya, Rizeigat and Ta’isha, and was granted a large hakura in southern Darfur by the sultans of independent Dar Fur...
  
  
• Bidayat
  Bidayat
  Bidayat, also Bideyat, is a dialect of the Zaghawa language found in Chad and western Sudan. It is also known as Tuba. In contrast to their Zaghawa kin, Bidayat speakers are more nomadic...
  
  
• Bilala
  Bilala
  The Bilala, or Bulala, are a Muslim people that live around Lake Fitri, in the Batha Prefecture, in central Chad. The last Chadian census in 1993 stated that they numbered 136.629 persons. Their language, Naba, is divided in four dialects and is in the Nilo-Saharan group; it is shared by two of...
  
  
• Buduma
• Daza
  Daza
  The Daza people are a semi-nomadic ethnicity living primarily in the Sahara regions of south-eastern Niger and north and central Chad. They consider themselves a warrior people, and are almost entirely Muslim. The Daza speak the Dazaga language. The increasing desertification of Africa has resulted...
  
  
• Am Dam
  Am Dam
  Am Dam is the capital of Djourf Al Ahmar Department in Sila Region, Chad, located at an important crossroads in the Batha River valley. XIK It is a small town about northwest of Goz-Beida and by road from the capital N'Djamena. Am Dam is also the name of the Sub-Prefecture that the city is within...
  
  
• Fongoro
  Fongoro
  Fongoro is an ethnic group of Sudan and Chad. About 1000 members of this ethnic group live in Sudan and a possibly higher number of persons in Chad. The primary language is Fongoro....
  
  
• Fur
  Fur people
  The Fur are an ethnic group from western Sudan, principally inhabiting the region of Darfur where they are the largest tribe....
  
  
• Haddad
  Haddad (ethnic group)
  The Haddad are a Sahelian Muslim ethnic group found through Nigeria, Chad and Sudan, numbering more than 250,000 individuals. They live in the midst of other peoples and do not have their own language but speak the language of the surrounding community. The traditional employment of the community...
  
  
• Hadjarai
  Hadjarai
  The Hadjarai are a group of peoples comprising 6.7% of the population of Chad, or more than 150,000 people. The name is an Arabic exonym, literally meaning "[those] of the stones"...
  
  
• Hausa
  Hausa people
  The Hausa are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. They are a Sahelian people chiefly located in northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger, but having significant numbers living in regions of Cameroon, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Chad and Sudan...
  
  
• Hawazma
  Hawazma
  Hawazma, part of Sudan's Baggara tribe, are cattle herders who roam the area from the southern parts of North Kurdufan to the southern borders of South Kurdufan, a distance of about 300 kilometers...
  
  
• Kanembu
  Kanembu people
  The Kanembu are an ethnic group of Chad, generally considered the modern descendants of the Kanem-Borno Empire. The Kanembu number an estimated 655,000 people, located primarily in Chad's Lac Prefecture but also in Chari-Baguirmi and Kanem prefectures. They speak the Kanembu language, a variant...
  
  
• Kanuri people
• Kim
  Kim (people)
  The Kim are a people of Chad, who mainly inhabit four villages in the Mayo-Kebbi Est region. The 1993 RGPH census reported a total population of 15,354 in Chad....
  
  
• Kimr
  Kimr
  Kimr is an ethnic group in West Darfur in Sudan and Chad. They speak Gimr, a dialect of Tama, a Nilo-Saharan language. The population of this ethnicity possibly is below 10,000....
  
  
• Lisi
• Maba
  Maba people
  Maba is an ethnic minority in Chad and Sudan. Their population is estimated at several hundred thousand. All of them belong to Islam. By some accounts, they are the most educated people in Chad, and were the first people in Chad to convert to Islam. They founded the Ouaddai Empire in the 15th...
  
  
• Mararit
• Masalit
• Musgum
  Musgum
  The Musgum or Moupoui are an ethnic group in Cameroon and Chad. They speak Musgu, a Chadic language, which had 61,500 speakers in Cameroon in 1982 and 24,408 speakers in Chad in 1993. The Musgum call themselves Mulwi. In Cameroon, the Musgum live in the Maga sub-division, Mayo-Danay division, Far...
  
  
• Sara
  Sara people
  The Sara are an ethnic group in Central Africa, who reside mostly in Chad, making up approximatively 30% of its southern population.-In Chad:...
  
  
• Shuweihat
  Shuweihat
  Shuweihat are the members of an ethnic minority in Chad and Sudan, which belongs to the Baggara Arabs. Most of them are Muslims. They speak the Shuwa dialect of the Arabic language.There are about 2,000,000 Shuweihat....
  
  
• Sinyar
• Sungor
• Tama
  Tama people
  Tama 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....
  
  
• Teda
• Toubou
  Toubou
  The Tubu are an ethnic group that live mainly in northern Chad, but also in Libya, Niger and Sudan....
  
  
• Tunjur
  Tunjur
  The Tunjur, or Tungur, are a Muslim people estimated around 176,000 people, living mainly in central Darfur, a province of Sudan. They are farmers and live closely associated with the Fur, even if differently from these they speak Arabic as their native language...
  
  
• Tupuri
  Tupuri people
  The Tupuri are an ethnic group in Cameroon and Chad. They speak a language called Tupuri, which had 125,000 speakers in Cameroon at an unspecified date and 90,785 speakers in Chad in 1993. In Cameroon, the Tupuri live east of Kaélé in the Kaele division and in the Kar-Hay subdivison of the...
  
  
• Yerwa Kanuri
  Yerwa Kanuri
  Yerwa Kanuri is an ethnic group in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Sudan. They speak Central Kanuri, a Nilo-Saharan language. The population of this group is several millions. Most Yerwa Kanuri are Muslims....
  
  
• Zaghawa people

Linguistic groupings

• List of Chadic languages
• List of "A" East Chadic languages
• Adamawa languages
  Adamawa languages
  The Adamawa languages are a putative family of 80–90 languages scattered across the Adamawa Plateau in central Africa, in Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Chad, spoken altogether by only one and a half million people . Joseph Greenberg classified them as one branch of the...
  
  
• Adamawa–Ubangi languages
• Biu–Mandara languages
• Biu–Mandara B languages‎
• Biu–Mandara B.1 languages
• Bua languages
  Bua languages
  The Bua languages are a subgroup of the Mbum–Day subgroup of the Savanna languages spoken by fewer than 30,000 people in southern Chad in an area stretching roughly between the Chari River and the Guera Massif. They were labeled "G13" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal...
  
  
• Chadic languages
  Chadic languages
  The Chadic languages constitute a language family of perhaps 200 languages spoken across northern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic and Cameroon, belonging to the Afroasiatic phylum...
  
  
• Daju languages
  Daju languages
  The Daju languages are spoken in isolated pockets by the Daju people across a wide area of Sudan and Chad, in parts of the regions of Kordofan, Darfur, and Wadai. They belong to the Eastern Sudanic subfamily of Nilo-Saharan....
  
  
• East Chadic languages
  East Chadic languages
  The three dozen East Chadic languages of the Chadic family are spoken in Chad and Cameroon.-Languages:The branches of East Chadic go either by names or by letters and numbers in an outline format. Including the language count in Ethnologue, the constituent languages and language groups are:*East...
  
  
• East Chadic A languages
• East Chadic A.1 languages
  East Chadic A.1 languages
  The Sumrai–Miltu languages, the East Chadic A.1 group of the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Chad.-Languages:BusoSomrai–Tumak :Mire, Ndam, Somrai, TumakGadang–Miltu :Boor, Gadang, Miltu, Sarua...
  
  
• East Chadic A.1.2 languages
• East Chadic B languages
• East Chadic B.1 languages
• East Chadic B.1.1 languages
  East Chadic B.1.1 languages
  The Dangla languages, the East Chadic B.1 group of the Afro-Asiatic family, are spoken in Chad.The languages fall into two branches,*Dangla–Migama: Bidiyo, Dangaléat , Jonkor Bourmataguil, Mabire, Mawa, Migaama, Mogum, and Ubi....
  
  
• East Chadic B.1.2 languages
  East Chadic B.1.2 languages
  The East Chadic B.1.2 languages belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Chad.- References :*...
  
  
• East Chadic B.3 languages
  East Chadic B.3 languages
  The Sokoro languages, the East Chadic B.3 group of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken in Chad.The languages are Barein, Saba, Sokoro, and Tamki.- References :*...
  
  
• Fur languages
  Fur languages
  The Fur or For languages constitute a small, closely related family which are a proposed member of the Nilo-Saharan family. Fur in western Sudan had 500,000 speakers in 1983 , and Amdang in eastern Chad had 5,000 speakers....
  
  
• Gula language
  Gula Iro language
  The Gula Iro language is a Bua language spoken by some 3,500 people north and east of Lake Iro in southern Chad, between the Bola and Salamat rivers...
  
  
• Kotoko languages
• Maban languages
  Maban languages
  The Maban languages are a small family of languages which have also been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan family. Maban is spoken in Chad, the Central African Republic, Sudan , and South Sudan, and includes the following languages:...
  
  
• Masa languages
  Masa languages
  The Masa languages are a group of a dozen closely related Chadic languages of West Africa. They are,*Herdé*Pévé*Massa *Mesmé*Marba*Musey*Ngeté*Zumaya The exonym Zime is used for the Herdé, Ngeté, Pévé, and Mesmé....
  
  
• Mbum languages
  Mbum languages
  The Mbum languages are a small group of the Mbum–Day branch of the erstwhile Adamawa languages, spoken in southern Chad, northwestern Central African Republic, northern Cameroon, and eastern Nigeria...
  
  
• Mbum–Day languages
• Mimi language
  Mimi language
  Mimi is a name applied to several distinct and not particularly closely related Nilo-Saharan languages of the Wadai area of Chad, most commonly Amdang but also including two possibly Maban languages: Mimi of Nachtigal and Mimi of Decorse....
  
  
• Saharan languages
• Sara languages
  Sara languages
  The Sara languages comprise half a dozen Bongo–Bagirmi languages spoken mainly in southern Chad; a few are also spoken in the north of the Central African Republic. They are members of the Central Sudanic language family...
  
  
• Taman languages
  Taman languages
  The Taman languages form a branch of the Eastern Sudanic language family. They are Tama and Sungor , spoken in Chad and Sudan, and Mararit, spoken only in Chad....
  
  
• Tebu languages

Languages

• Amdang language
  Amdang language
  Amdang Biltine is a language closely related to Fur spoken in Chad by about 5,000 people , while Ethnologue places the number in 2000 at 41,000. It is mainly spoken in Chad north of Biltine, and sporadically elsewhere in Ouaddaï...
  
  
• Baguirmi language
  Baguirmi language
  Bagirmi is the language of the Baguirmi people of Chad, belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family. It is spoken by 44,761 people , mainly in the Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture...
  
  
• Barein language
  Barein language
  Barein is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad. Dialects are Guilia, Jalkia, Komi, and Sakaya.- References :* *...
  
  
• Bidiyo language
  Bidiyo language
  Bidiyo is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad.- References :* -External links:**-Further reading:...
  
  
• Birgit language
  Birgit language
  Birgit is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southeastern Chad.- References :* **...
  
  
• Bolgo language
  Bolgo language
  The Bolgo language is a member of the Bua languages spoken in south-central Chad, in the villages of Koya, Boli, Gagne, and Bedi southeast of Melfi, by about 1,800 people According to de Rendinger, it has two principal dialects, Bolgo Werel around Daguela and Bolgo Mengo around Aloa-Niagara, as...
  
  
• Boor language
  Boor language
  Boor is an endangered Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southern Chad.- References :* **...
  
  
• Bua language
  Bua language
  The Bua language is spoken by some 7,708 people north of the Chari River around Korbol and Gabil in Chad. It is the largest member of the small Bua group of languages and is mutually comprehensible with Fanian.-External links:**...
  
  
• Buduma language
  Buduma language
  Buduma is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in western Chad and neighboring Cameroon and Nigeria.- References :*...
  
  
• Buso language
  Buso language
  Buso is a nearly extinct Afro-Asiatic language spoken in western Chad....
  
  
• Chadian Arabic
  Chadian Arabic
  Chadian Arabic is one of the regional colloquial Arabic languages. "Shuwa Arabic" properly refers only to its Nigerian dialects, and even then, it is a term not used by the speakers themselves...
  
  
• Dangaléat language
  Dangaléat language
  Dangaléat is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad.- References :* -External links:*-Further reading:...
  
  
• Day language
  Day language
  Day is a Mbum–Day language of southern Chad, spoken by 49,916 as of that country's 1993 census....
  
  
• Dazaga language
  Dazaga language
  The Daza language, Dazaga, also known as Goran , is a language spoken in the Djurab desert region of Chad by the Daza people, and is part of the Saharan branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. It is said to have about 312,000 speakers. It is closely associated with the Tedaga language, spoken...
  
  
• Fula language
  Fula language
  The Fula or Fulani language is a language of West Africa. It is spoken as a first language by the and related groups from Senegambia and Guinea to Cameroon and Sudan...
  
  
• Gadang language
  Gadang language
  Gadang is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southwestern Chad.- References :* -External links:**...
  
  
• Gula Iro language
  Gula Iro language
  The Gula Iro language is a Bua language spoken by some 3,500 people north and east of Lake Iro in southern Chad, between the Bola and Salamat rivers...
  
  
• Jonkor Bourmataguil language
  Jonkor Bourmataguil language
  Jonkor Bourmataguil is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Chad.- References :***...
  
  
• Kajakse language‎
• Kanuri language
  Kanuri language
  Kanuri is a dialect continuum spoken by some four million people, as of 1987, in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, as well as small minorities in southern Libya and by a diaspora in Sudan. It belongs to the Western Saharan subphylum of Nilo-Saharan...
  
  
• Kera language
  Kera language
  Kera is an East Chadic language spoken by 45,000 people in Southwest Chad and 6,000 people in North Cameroon.-Grammar:Kera is a subject–verb–object language, using prepositions. It uses exclusively borderline case-marking.-External links:******...
  
  
• Kujargé language
  Kujargé language
  The Kujargé language is spoken in seven villages in Chad near Jebel Mirra and in Sudan in villages scattered along the lower Wadi Salih and Wadi Azum. It is estimated to have about 1000 speakers . The name is derived from Sudanese Arabic kujur "sorcerer", because of their reputation for witchcraft...
  
  
• Laal
• Lagwan language
  Lagwan language
  Lagwan is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad. Dialects include Logone-Birni and Logone-Gana.- References :* * Johannes Lukas. 1936. Die Logone-Sprache im Zentralen Sudan. Leipzig: DMG.-External links:**...
  
  
• Mabire language
  Mabire language
  Mabire is a nearly extinct Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Oulek village in Chad.- References :* **-Further reading:* Eric Johnson & Cameron Hamm. 2002. "Mabire: A Dying Language of Chad," SIL Electronic Working Papers 2002-002....
  
  
• Malgbe language
  Malgbe language
  Malgbe is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad. Dialects are Douguia, Dro, Malgbe, Mara, and Walia.- References :* -External links:**...
  
  
• Mararit language
  Mararit language
  The Mararit language is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in eastern Chad. language group of the Western branch of Nilo-Saharan. There are two dialects. One is called Mararit and the other is called Abou Charib. The majority speak the Abou Charid dialect of the language...
  
  
• Marba language
  Marba language
  -References:**...
  
  
• Masalit language
  Masalit language
  Masalit is a Maban language spoken by the Masalit people in western Darfur. It has two sociolects: "heavy" Masalit, with a complicated agglutinative grammar, spoken by higher-ranking people and in the countryside, and "light", spoken particularly in the home and in the market, with a somewhat...
  
  
• Maslam language
  Maslam language
  Maslam is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad. Dialects are Maslam and Sao. Maslam is in rapid decline.- References :***...
  
  
• Masmaje language
  Masmaje language
  Masmaje is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad.- References :* **...
  
  
• Massa language
  Massa language
  Massa is a language spoken in southern Chad and northern Cameroon. It is a Chadic language with approximately 200,000 speakers.-External links:***...
  
  
• Mawa language (Chad)
  Mawa language (Chad)
  Mawa is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad.- References :* **...
  
  
• Migaama language
  Migaama language
  Migaama is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad.- References :* -External links:**-Further reading:...
  
  
• Miltu language
  Miltu language
  Miltu is an endangered Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southwestern Chad. Speakers are shifting to Bagirmi - References :* **...
  
  
• Mogum language
  Mogum language
  Mogum is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad.- References :* **...
  
  
• Mpade language
  Mpade language
  √Mpade is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad. Dialects are Bodo, Digam, Mpade, Shoe, and Woulki.- Consonants :Mpade has the following consonants.- Vowels :Mpade has the following vowels.- References :*...
  
  
• Mser language
  Mser language
  Mser is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad. Dialects are Gawi, Houlouf, Kabe, Kalo, Mser. Mser is in rapid decline.-External links:**...
  
  
• Mubi language
  Mubi language
  Mubi is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad.-External links:**...
  
  
• Mukulu language‎
• Naba language
  Naba language
  Naba is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by 232,000 people in Chad. Those who speak this language are called Lisi, a collective name for three closely associated ethnic groups, the Bilala, the Kuka and the Medogo, that represent the three dialects in which Naba is subdivided. They live mainly in the...
  
  
• Niellim language
  Niellim language
  The Niellim language is a Bua language spoken by some 5,000 people along the Chari River in southern Chad. It is mainly spoken in two areas: one around the city of Sarh and one, its traditional home, further north, between about 9°30′ and 9°50′ N, corresponding to the former chiefdoms of Pra,...
  
  
• Saba language
  Saba language
  Saba is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in south central Chad.-External links:**...
  
  
• Sarua language
  Sarua language
  Sarua is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southwestern Chad.-External links:**...
  
  
• Sokoro language
  Sokoro language
  Sokoro is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad. Dialects are Bedanga and Sokoro.- References :* -External links:**...
  
  
• Sungor language
  Sungor language
  The Sungor language is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in western Sudan and eastern Chad. Primarily it is spoken in Chad. It is a member of the Taman language group of the Western branch of Nilo-Saharan. The majority of native speakers are Muslim and most use Chadian Arabic as a second...
  
  
• Tama language
  Tama language
  The Tama language is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in western Sudan and eastern Chad. It is a member of the Taman language group of the Western branch of Nilo-Saharan.-External links:**...
  
  
• Tamki language
  Tamki language
  Tamki is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad.-External links:**...
  
  
• Tedaga language
  Tedaga language
  The Teda language, Tedaga, belongs to the Saharan subfamily of the Nilo-Saharan, spoken in northern Chad and eastern Niger by the Teda people....
  
  
• Toram language
  Toram language
  Toram is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad. Speakers seem to be shifting to Chadian Arabic.-External links:**...
  
  
• Tupuri language
  Tupuri language
  Tupuri is a language mostly spoken in the Mayo-Kebbi Est Region of southern Chad but there are small pats in northern Cameroon. It is an Mbum language spoken by the Tupuri people with approximately 300,000 speakers.-External links:**...
  
  
• Ubi language
  Ubi language
  Ubi is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad.-External links:**...
  
  
• Zaghawa language
  Zaghawa language
  The Zaghawa language is a Saharan language spoken by the Zaghawa people of eastern central Chad and northwestern Sudan ....
  
  
• Zirenkel language
  Zirenkel language
  - References :* -External links:**...
  
  

History of Chad

• African Democratic Rally
  African Democratic Rally
  The African Democratic Rally was a political party in French West Africa, led by Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Founded in Bamako in 1946, the RDA quickly became one of the most important forces for independence in the region. Initially a Pan-Africanist movement, the RDA ceased to function as a...
  
  
• Central Emergency Response Fund
  Central Emergency Response Fund
  The Central Emergency Response Fund is a humanitarian funding mechanism established by the United Nations to enable more timely and reliable assistance to victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts...
  
  
• War in Chad (2005-present)
  • Mediation of the Chadian-Sudanese conflict
    Mediation of the Chadian-Sudanese conflict
    Mediation of the Chadian-Sudanese conflict began shortly after the government of Chad declared an "état de belligérance", or 'state of belligerency' with Sudan. on December 23, 2005. The BBC translated "belligérance" as "war"...
    
    
• Second Battle of Adré
  Second Battle of Adré
  The Battle of Adré took place in Adré, Chad on December 18, 2005. The battle began when the Chadian rebel groups Rally for Democracy and Liberty and Platform for Change, Unity, and Democracy , allegedly backed by the government of Sudan, attacked the garrison in this city...
  
  
• Borota raid
• Amdjereme raid
• Battle of N'Djamena
• Chadian Armed Forces
  Chadian Armed Forces
  The Chadian Armed Forces were the army of the central government of Chad from 1960 to 1979, under the southern presidents François Tombalbaye and Félix Malloum, until the downfall of the latter in 1979, when the head of the gendarmerie, Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué, assumed command...
  
  
• Chadian National Armed Forces
  Chadian National Armed Forces
  The Chadian National Armed Forces was the army of the central government of Chad from January 1983, when the President Hissène Habré's forces, in first place his personal Armed Forces of the North , were merged...
  
  
• Heads of state of Chad
  Heads of state of Chad
  -List of Heads of State of Chad:-Affiliations:-External links:**...
  
  
• Heads of government of Chad
  Heads of government of Chad
  -List of Heads of Government of Chad:-Affiliations:-References:*...
  
  
• Colonial heads of Chad
  Colonial heads of Chad
  -List of the Colonial Heads of Chad:For continuation after independence, see: President of Chad-See also:*Chad**Heads of state of Chad**Heads of government of Chad...
  
  
• Prime Minister of Chad
• Chadian coup of 1975
  Chadian coup of 1975
  The 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...
  
  
• Colonial Chad
  Colonial Chad
  Chad was a part of the French colonial empire from 1900 to 1960. Colonial rule under the French began in 1900 when the Military Territory of Chad was established. From 1905, Chad was linked to the federation of French colonial possessions in Middle Africa, known from 1910 under the name of French...
  
  
• The Tombalbaye Regime
  The Tombalbaye Regime
  President François Tombalbaye faced a task of considerable magnitude when Chad became a sovereign state in 1960. His challenge was to build a nation out of a vast and diverse territory that had poor communications, few known resources, a tiny market, and a collection of impoverished people with...
  
  
• Malloum's military government
  Malloum's military government
  The 1975 coup d'état in Chad that terminated Tombalbaye's government received an enthusiastic response in the capital N'Djamena. Félix Malloum emerged as the chairman of the new Supreme Military Council and the first days of the new regime were celebrated as many political prisoners were released...
  
  
• Transitional Government of National Unity
• Kanem Empire
  Kanem Empire
  The Kanem Empire was located in the present countries of Chad, Nigeria and Libya. At its height it encompassed an area covering not only much of Chad, but also parts of southern Libya , eastern Niger and north-eastern Nigeria...
  
  
• Bornu Empire
  Bornu Empire
  The Bornu Empire was an African state of Nigeria from 1396 to 1893. It was a continuation of the great Kanem Empire founded centuries earlier by the Sayfawa Dynasty...
  
  
• Kingdom of Baguirmi
  Kingdom of Baguirmi
  The Kingdom of Baguirmi, also known as the Baguirmi Sultanate , was an Islamic kingdom or sultanate that existed as an independent state during the 16th and 17th centuries southeast of Lake Chad in what is now the country of Chad. Baguirmi emerged to the southeast of the Kanem-Bornu Empire. The...
  
  
• Ouaddai Empire
• Kano Accord
  Kano Accord
  The Kano Accord was preceded by the collapse of central authority in Chad in 1979, when the Prime Minister Hissène Habré had unleashed on February 12 his militias against the capital N'Djamena and the president Félix Malloum...
  
  
• Lagos Accord
  Lagos Accord
  The Lagos Accord was a peace agreement signed on August 21, 1979 by representatives of eleven warring factions of the Chadian Civil War, after a conference in Lagos, Nigeria. The accord established the procedures for setting up the Transitional Government of National Unity , which was sworn into...
  
  
• Tripoli Agreement
  Tripoli Agreement
  The Tripoli Agreement was signed on February 8, 2006, by Chadian President Idriss Déby, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, effectively ending the Chadian-Sudanese conflict that has devastated border towns in eastern Chad and the Darfur region of western...
  
  
• Authenticité
  Authenticité
  Authenticité was the name given to the Chadian president François Tombalbaye's attempt to remove foreign influence and promote southern Chadian culture throughout Chad during the 1970s...
  
  
• Battle of Kousséri
  Battle of Kousséri
  The battle of Kousséri originated in French plans to occupy the Chari-Baguirmi region. In 1899–1900, the French organized three armed columns, one proceeding north from Congo, one east from Niger and another south from Algeria...
  
  
• Njimi
  Njimi
  Njimi was the capital of the Kanuri state of Kanem , north of Lake Chad, from the eleventh through the fourteenth centuries. Founded by the Sefawa dynasty in the eleventh century, the town dominated trans-Saharan trade in ivory and slaves between the central Sahara and Libya. The precise location...
  
  
• Postage stamps and postal history of Chad
• Rulers of Baguirmi
  Rulers of Baguirmi
  -Rulers of the kingdom of Baguirmi:Territory located in present-day Chad-See also:*Chad**Heads of State of Chad**Heads of Government of Chad**Colonial Heads of Chad*Lists of Incumbents...
  
  
• Rulers of the Ouaddai Kingdom
  Rulers of the Ouaddai Kingdom
  The Rulers of the Ouaddai Kingdom ruled a territory today located in the north of the Republic of Chad.-See also:*Chad**Heads of State of Chad**Heads of Government of Chad**Colonial Heads of Chad*Lists of Incumbents...
  
  
• Sao civilisation
  Sao civilisation
  The Sao were an African civilisation that flourished from ca. the 6th century to as late as the 15th century. The Sao lived by the Chari River south of Lake Chad in territory that would later be part of Cameroon and Chad. They are the earliest people to have left clear traces of their presence in...
  
  
• Sayfawa dynasty
  Sayfawa dynasty
  Sayfawa dynasty or more properly Sefuwa dynasty is the name of the kings of the Kanem-Bornu Empire, centered first in Kanem in western Chad, and then, after 1380, in Borno ....
  
  
• Mangalmé riots
  Mangalmé riots
  The Mangalmé riots are clashes that erupted in central Chad, starting in the village of Mangalmé in the Guéra Prefecture. Here on November 1, 1965, frustration among the muslim Moubi peasantry with what was perceived as government mismanagement and tax collection abuses erupted, rapidly involving...
  
  
• Cotton Price Stabilization Board
  Cotton Price Stabilization Board
  The Cotton Price Stabilization Board was a Chadian governative board created in 1968. Its task was to stabilize prices paid to peasant producers by funding operating losses incurred by Cotontchad, the parastatal giant that bought, ginned and sold all the cotton produced in Chad...
  
  
• 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt
  2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt
  The 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt was an attempted coup d'état against Chadian President Idriss Déby that was foiled on the night of March 14, 2006.-Plot:...
  
  
• Operation Epervier
• Ouadi Doum air raid
• Dalola raid
  Dalola raid
  The Chadian village of Dalola was raided on May 1, 2006, by 150 Janjaweed. The raid came two days before a highly controversial, scheduled presidential election in which current Chadian President Idriss Déby was expected to win another five year term in office...
  
  
• Battle of Fada
  Battle of Fada
  The battle of Fada took place in northern Chad in 1987, and was a turning point of the Libyan-Chadian War.- Prelude :At the beginning of 1986 the Libyans controlled all Chad north of the 16th parallel...
  
  
• 2004 Chadian coup d'état attempt
  2004 Chadian coup d'état attempt
  The 2004 Chadian coup d'état attempt was an attempted coup d'état against the Chadian President Idriss Déby that was foiled on the night of May 16, 2004.-Plot:...
  
  
• Australopithecus bahrelghazali
  Australopithecus bahrelghazali
  Australopithecus bahrelghazali is a fossil hominin that was first discovered in 1993 by the paleontologist Michel Brunet in the Bahr el Ghazal valley near Koro Toro, in Chad, that Brunet named Abel...
  
  
• Sahelanthropus tchadensis
  Sahelanthropus tchadensis
  Sahelanthropus tchadensis is an extinct hominid species that is dated to about . Whether it can be regarded as part of the Hominina tree is unclear; there are arguments both supporting and rejecting it...
  
  
• Abel (hominid)
  Abel (hominid)
  Abel is the name given to the only specimen ever discovered of Australopithecus bahrelghazali. Abel was found in January 1995 in Chad in the Kanem Region by the paleontologist Michel Brunet, who named the fossil "Abel" in memory of his close friend Abel Brillanceau, who had died of malaria in...
  
  
• Operation Bison
  Opération Bison
  Opération Bison is the name given to the French military operation in Chad in the years 1969–1972.Chad was a former French colony that had become independent in 1960. In 1965 erupted the Chadian Civil War, and a year later the FROLINAT, an insurgent group, was formed to overthrow the Chadian...
  
  
• Dakar accord
  Dakar Accord
  The Dakar accord is a peace agreement between Chad and Sudan that is expected to be released to the public on August 9, 2006. The Accord, which comes only weeks after the N'Djamena Agreement, signed on July 26, and a few months after the Tripoli Accord, signed on February 8, aims to normalize ties...
  
  
• Aouzou Strip
• Dar Sila
  Dar Sila
  Dar Sila is the name of the wandering sultanate of the Dar Sila Daju, a multi-tribal ethnic group in Chad and Sudan. The number of the persons in this group exceeds 50,000. They speak the Sila language, a Nilo-Saharan language. Most members of this ethnic group are Muslims.-Location:Geographically,...
  
  
• Battle of Togbao
  Battle of Togbao
  On October 10, 1898 a French military expedition commanded by the Lieutenant de vaisseau Henri Bretonnet and the Lt. Solomon Braun left France directed to Chad, at the time dominated by the Muslim warlord Rabih az-Zubayr...
  
  
• April 8 Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement
  April 8 Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement
  Following the escalation of the Darfur conflict in the Sudan, Chad brokered negotiations in N'Djamena in 2004, leading to the April 8 Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement between the Sudanese government and the two rebel groups, the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudan Liberation...
  
  
• Battle of Kouno
  Battle of Kouno
  The battle of Kouno was an inconclusive battle that took place between French troops and the Muslim army led by Rabih az-Zubayr, in the context of French colonial expansion in Africa, and more precisely in Chad....
  
  
• Voulet-Chanoine Mission
  Voulet-Chanoine Mission
  The Voulet–Chanoine Mission or Central African Mission was a French military expedition sent out from Senegal in 1898 to conquer the Chad Basin and unify all French territories in West Africa...
  
  
• 2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter
  2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter
  The 2006 Zakouma elephant slaughter refers to a series of poaching massacres of African elephants in the vicinity of Zakouma National Park in southeastern Chad. These killings were documented in aerial surveys conducted from May through August 2006 and total at least 100 animals...
  
  
• Islamic Legion
  Islamic Legion
  The Islamic Legion was a Libyan-sponsored pan-Arab paramilitary force, created in 1972...
  
  
• Toyota War
  Toyota War
  The Toyota War is the name commonly given to the last phase of the Chadian–Libyan conflict, which took place in 1987 in Northern Chad and on the Libyan-Chadian border. It takes its name from the Toyota pickup trucks used as technicals to provide mobility for the Chadian troops as they fought...
  
  
• Operation Manta
  Operation Manta
  Operation Manta is the code name for the French military intervention in Chad between 1983 and 1984, during the Chadian-Libyan conflict. The operation was prompted by the invasion of Chad by a joint force of Libyan units and Chadian Transitional Government of National Unity rebels in June 1983...
  
  
• Girgam
  Girgam
  Dīwān is the Arabic and Girgam is the older designation of the royal chronicle of Kanem-Bornu. The latter name is also used for written historical records in some kingdoms west of Bornu, including Daura, Fika and Mandara....
  
  
• Air West Flight 612
  Air West Flight 612
  Air 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...
  
  
• Sahel drought
  Sahel drought
  [[File:Greening Sahel 1982-1999.jpg|thumb|300px|Recent "Greening" of the Sahel: The results of trend analyses of time series over the Sahel region of seasonally integrated NDVI using NOAA AVHRR NDVI-data from 1982 to 1999...
  
  
• Derde
  Derde
  The derde is the title held by the highest religious and political authority among the Toubou Teda of the Tibesti, in north-western Chad...
  
  
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 151
  United Nations Security Council Resolution 151
  United Nations Security Council Resolution 151, was adopted on August 23, 1960, after examining the application of the Republic of Chad for membership in the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that the Republic of Chad be admitted....
  
  
• UTA Flight 772
  UTA Flight 772
  UTA Flight 772 of the French airline Union des Transports Aériens was a scheduled flight operating from Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo, via N'Djamena in Chad, to Paris CDG airport in France....
  
  
• African Socialist Movement
  African Socialist Movement
  African Socialist Movement was a political party in French West Africa. The MSA was formed following a meeting of the Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière federations of Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, French Sudan , Gabon, Guinea, Niger, Oubangui-Chari , and Senegal; the...
  
  
• Wadai War
  Wadai War
  The Wadai War occurred from 1909 to 1911 between France and the Ouaddai Kingdom, located in what today would be eastern Chad and central Sudan. The French annexed the kingdom and kept it as part of their empire until 1960....
  
  
• Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Initiative
  Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Initiative
  The Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Initiative is an interagency plan by the United States government, combining efforts by both civil and military agencies, "to combat terrorism in Trans-Saharan Africa. The military component of TSCTI comprises the U.S. efforts of Operation Enduring Freedom -...
  
  
• Second Tuareg Rebellion
• Pan Sahel Initiative
  Pan Sahel Initiative
  The Pan-Sahel Initiative, according to a November 7, 2002, by the Office of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State, was "a State-led effort to assist Mali, Niger, Chad, and Mauritania in detecting and responding to suspicious movement of people and goods across and within their borders through...
  
  
• 2007 in Chad
  2007 in Chad
  Events from the year 2007 in Chad.See also:2006 in Chad,other events of 2007,2008 in Chad-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 -...
  
  
• 2007 African floods
  2007 African floods
  The 2007 floods of Africa was reported by the UN to be one of the worst floodings in recorded history. The flooding started with rains on September 14, 2007 local time. Over 14 countries had been affected in the continent of Africa, 250 people were reported to have been killed by the flooding and...
  
  
• United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad
  United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad
  The United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad was a United Nations peacekeeping mission established by the United Nations Security Council on September 25, 2007 to provide a multidimensional presence of up to 350 police and military personnel to eastern Chad and north-eastern...
  
  
• Operation Mount Hope III
  Operation Mount Hope III
  Operation Mount Hope III was a secret American operation to capture a crashed Soviet-made Mi-24 “Hind” attack helicopter. The aircraft had crashed and been abandoned in the conflict between Libya and Chad. In 1988 two U.S...
  
  
• Battle of Kufra (1941)
  Battle of Kufra (1941)
  The Battle of Kufra was part of the World War II Allies Western Desert Campaign in the colony of Italian Libya, in the Libyan Desert of present day southeastern Libya...
  
  
• EUFOR Tchad/RCA
  EUFOR Tchad/RCA
  European Union Force Chad/CAR, also EUFOR Tchad/RCA after the French, was the European Union mission in Chad and the Central African Republic , authorized in late 2007. EUFOR Chad/CAR was authorized under the same United Nations Security Council resolution that mandated MINURCAT, a UN force tasked...
  
  
• History of the military of Chad
• 2008 Kousseri vaccination campaign
  2008 Kousseri vaccination campaign
  The Kousseri vaccination campaign took place between 13 and 17 February 2008. During the campaign over 35,000 infants and children were vaccinated against at least one of measles and poliomyelitis in Cameroon’s north-eastern district of Kousséri, in an operation led by the Cameroonian Ministry of...
  
  
• Battle of N'Djamena (2008)
  Battle of N'Djamena (2008)
  The Battle of N'Djamena began on February 2, 2008 when Chadian rebel forces opposed to Chadian President Idriss Déby entered N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, after a three-day advance through the country. The rebels were initially successful, taking a large part of the city and attacking the heavily...
  
  
• 2007 Zoé's Ark controversy
  2007 Zoé's Ark controversy
  The 2007 Zoé's Ark controversy started when members of a French charity organization, the Zoé's Ark , attempted to fly 103 children out of Chad to France...
  
  
• 2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum
  2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum
  The 2008 attack on Omdurman and Khartoum was a May 2008 raid by the Justice and Equality Movement , a Darfuri ethnic minority rebel group, against the Sudanese government in the cities of Omdurman and Khartoum....
  
  
• CIA activities in Chad
  CIA activities in Chad
  -Chad:Chad shares strategic borders with Libya, and the Darfur area of Sudan. While some categorizations put it into central or west Africa, its important interactions are with East Africa.-Chad 1981:...
  
  
• Agisymba
  Agisymba
  Agisymba is a lost sub-saharan country in Africa mentioned by Ptolemy in the middle of the 2nd Century. According to Ptolemy's specification it was a 4 months journey south of the Fezzan, contained large animals and many high mountains....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Customs and Economic Union of Central Africa
• Battle of Am Zoer
  Battle of Am Zoer
  The Battle of Am Zoer occurred on June 18 2008 when the Chadian army caught up with a rebel column that had been advancing towards the capital, N'Djamena. Sudanese forces were reported to have attacked Chadian positions on the border in previous days and the rebels had been seen passing through...
  
  

Chadian elections

• Chadian presidential election, 2006
  Chadian presidential election, 2006
  A presidential election took place in Chad on May 3, 2006. A 2005 constitutional referendum made it possible for President Idriss Déby to run for a third term; having come to power in December 1990, he previously won elections in 1996 and 2001...
  
  
• Chadian presidential election, 2001
  Chadian presidential election, 2001
  A presential election was held in Chad on May 20, 2001. President Idriss Déby stood as a candidate for a second term. He obtained the support of a former opponent, Lol Mahamat Choua, leader of the Rally for Democracy and Progress ....
  
  
• Chadian presidential election, 1996
  Chadian presidential election, 1996
  Presidential election were held in Chad on 2 June 1996, with a second round on 3 July. This was the first multiparty presidential election in the history of Chad since its independence. It occurred at the end of a long transitional process and was repeatedly delayed...
  
  
• Chadian constitutional referendum, 2005
  Chadian constitutional referendum, 2005
  On 6 June 2005 the Chadian voters were called to pronounce themselves through a referendum on the revision of the Constitution originally approved on 31 March 1996....
  
  
• Chadian parliamentary election, 2007
• Chadian parliamentary election, 2002
  Chadian parliamentary election, 2002
  The Chadian parliamentary election of 2002 was the second multi-party parliamentary election since the independence of Chad, and came after the normal expiry of the mandate of the National Assembly's deputies...
  
  
• Chadian parliamentary election, 1997
  Chadian parliamentary election, 1997
  Parliamentary elections were held in Chad in 1997, the first multi-party election since independence in 1960. The voting system was similar to that of France, using runoff voting, with two separate rounds of voting, the first on 5 January and the second on 23 February in those constituencies where...
  
  
• Chadian constitutional referendum, 1996
  Chadian constitutional referendum, 1996
  A constitutional referendum was held in Chad on 31 March 1996 to approve or reject the new constitutional draft meant to definitively replace the Transitional Charter established by the Sovereign National Conference in 1993...
  
  

Chadian political parties

• Patriotic Salvation Movement
  Patriotic Salvation Movement
  The Patriotic Salvation Movement is the ruling political party in Chad.After Idriss Déby, an army commander who participated in an unsuccessful plot against President Hissène Habré in 1989, fled to Sudan, he and his supporters, known as the April 1 Movement, operated from Sudan with Libyan backing...
  
  
• Rally for Democracy and Progress (Chad)
  Rally for Democracy and Progress (Chad)
  The Rally for Democracy and Progress is a political party in Chad, led by Lol Mahamat Choua.The party was founded by Choua in December 1991 and was among the first batch of political parties to be legalized in March 1992....
  
  
• Front of Action Forces for the Republic
  Front of Action Forces for the Republic
  Federation, Action for the Republic is a political party in Chad. It is considered a radical opposition party and is led by Ngarlejy Yorongar. The FAR supports federalism.In the 1997 parliamentary election, the FAR won one seat in the National Assembly...
  
  
• National Rally for Development and Progress
  National Rally for Development and Progress
  The National Rally for Development and Progress is a political party in Chad, led by Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye. It was founded in early 1992, with Koumakoye as its President....
  
  
• National Union for Democracy and Renewal
  National Union for Democracy and Renewal
  The National Union for Democracy and Renewal is a political party in Chad, led by Saleh Kebzabo.In the 1997 parliamentary election, the UNDR won 15 out of 125 seats. In the parliamentary election held on 21 April 2002, the party won five out of 155 seats....
  
  
• Union for Renewal and Democracy
  Union for Renewal and Democracy
  The Union for Renewal and Democracy is a political party in Chad. Its President is Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué.The party, which has always been based around Kamougué, was founded in March 1992 and legalized in May 1992...
  
  
• Action for Unity and Socialism
• Action for Renewal of Chad
  Action for Renewal of Chad
  The Action for Renewal of Chad is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats....
  
  
• People's Movement for Democracy in Chad
  People's Movement for Democracy in Chad
  The People's Movement for Democracy in Chad is a political party in Chad.In the parliamentary election held on 21 April 2002, the party won five out of 155 seats. In the May 2006 presidential election, its candidate, Mahamat Abdoulaye, won 7.07 % of the vote....
  
  
• National Democratic and Federal Convention
  National Democratic and Federal Convention
  The National Democratic and Federal Convention is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats. The party leader is Ali Golhor....
  
  
• National Democratic and Social Convention
  National Democratic and Social Convention
  The National Democratic and Social Convention is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats....
  
  
• Rally for the Republic - Lingui
  Rally for the Republic - Lingui
  The Rally for the Republic – Lingui is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats....
  
  
• National Rally for Democracy in Chad
  National Rally for Democracy in Chad
  The National Rally for Democracy in Chad is a political party in Chad. It is considered a moderate opposition party allied with the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement , and it participates in the government....
  
  
• National Union (Chad)
  National Union (Chad)
  The National Union is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats....
  
  
• Rally of Democratic Forces in Chad
  Rally of Democratic Forces in Chad
  The Rally of Democratic Forces in Chad is a political party in Chad.At the last legislative elections, 21 April 2002, the party won according to IPU Parline 1 out of 155 seats....
  
  
• Chadian Democratic Union
  Chadian Democratic Union
  The Chadian Democratic Union is the second African political party ever created in Chad. It's ancestor can be traced in the Mutuelle Amicale Tchadienne , created in 1945 under the impulse of Joseph Brahim Seid by Mahamat Yakouma, Mustapha Batran, Abdoulaye Touré, Souleymane Naye, Adoum Tchéré and...
  
  
• Chadian National Union
  Chadian National Union
  The Chadian National Union was a radical Muslim political party founded in 1958 in Chad by Issa Dana, Mahamut Outman and Abba Siddick. Created to lobby the NO-vote to the referendum on Chad's entry in the French Community, the party advocated drastic political reforms, to be achieved if necessary...
  
  
• Chadian Progressive Party
  Chadian Progressive Party
  The Chadian Progressive Party was the first African political party created in Chad, active from 1947 to 1973...
  
  
• Chadian Social Action
  Chadian Social Action
  The Chadian Social Action was an African political party founded in 1953 in Colonial Chad. It was born as an offshoot of the Chadian Democratic Union , and like the mother party it represented French commercial interest and Muslim and African traditional chiefs...
  
  
• National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution
  National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution
  The National Movement for the Cultural and Social Revolution was a political party in Chad. It was the successor to the Chadian Progressive Party and existed from 1973 to 1975 as the country's sole legal party, under the strict control of the President Ngarta Tombalbaye...
  
  
• Union for Democracy and Republic (Chad)
  Union for Democracy and Republic (Chad)
  The Union for Democracy and Republic is a Chadian political party founded in 1992. In March the party elected as its president Jean Alingué Bawoyeu, who had just left the position of Prime Minister. In the parliamentary election of 1997 the party took 4 seats and initially supported the president...
  
  
• Party for Liberty and Development
  Party for Liberty and Development
  The Party for Liberty and Development is a Chadian political party led by Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh. An opposition party based in the Muslim and Arab east, it took three seats in the 1997 parliamentary election. The party boycotted the 2002 parliamentary election, as it voiced doubts of a free and...
  
  
• Renewed African Socialist Movement
  Renewed African Socialist Movement
  The Renewed African Socialist Movement is a political party in Chad. It is considered a moderate opposition party allied with the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement , and it participates in the government as of 2007....
  
  
• National Union for Independence and Revolution
  National Union for Independence and Revolution
  The National Union for Independence and Revolution was the ruling party in Chad between 1984 and 1990. It was founded in June 1984 by President Hissène Habré as a successor of his Armed Forces of the North, the insurgent group through which Habré had conquered power in 1982...
  
  

Rebel militia groups

• FROLINAT
  FROLINAT
  -Origins:The organization was born as the result of a political union between the leftist Chadian National Union , led by Ibrahim Abatcha, and the General Union of the Children of Chad which was led by Ahmed Hassan Musa. Musa was close to the Muslim Brotherhood and was an Islamist...
  
  
• Armed Forces of the North
  Armed Forces of the North
  The Armed Forces of the North was a Chadian rebel army active during the Chadian Civil War. Composed of FROLINAT units that remained loyal to Hissène Habré following his break from Goukouni Oueddei and the CCFAN in 1976...
  
  
• People's Armed Forces
  People's Armed Forces
  The People's Armed Forces was a Chadian insurgent group composed of followers of Goukouni Oueddei after the schism with Hissène Habré in 1976...
  
  
• Western Armed Forces
  Western Armed Forces
  The Western Armed Forces is a rebel insurgent group active in Chad during the civil war. An offshoot of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Chad born in 1979, the FAO recruited its forces mainly among the Kanembu group located along the shores of Lake Chad and enjoyed support from...
  
  
• Codos
  Codos
  The Codos or Commandos were guerrilla groups, active in southern Chad from 1983 to 1986, that resisted domination of their region by the President Hissène Habré's army. Many were veterans of the government army of the 1970s or Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué's Chadian Armed Forces , which had collapsed...
  
  
• Popular Movement for the Liberation of Chad
  Popular Movement for the Liberation of Chad
  The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Chad was a small rebel group active in Chad during the civil war....
  
  
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Chad
  Popular Front for the Liberation of Chad
  The Popular Front for the Liberation of Chad was a small insurgent group active during the Chadian Civil War. Founded in 1968 by Awad Mukhtar Nasser, it was based in Sudan and operated along the Chad-Sudan border...
  
  
• Command Council of the Armed Forces of the North
  Command Council of the Armed Forces of the North
  The Command Council of the Armed Forces of the North was a Chadian rebel army active during the Chadian Civil War. Originally called Second Liberation Army of National Liberation Front of Chad , and was one of the original groups in rebellion against the regime of François Tombalbaye...
  
  
• Chadian People’s Revolutionary Movement
• Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad
  Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad
  Movement 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...
  
  
• Platform for Change, Unity and Democracy
  Platform for Change, Unity and Democracy
  Platform 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...
  
  
• Rally for Democracy and Liberty
  Rally for Democracy and Liberty
  The Rally for Democracy and Liberty, abbreviated as R.D.L. is a Chadian rebel group that was formed in August of 2005 by former members of the Military of Chad who deserted and united under their founder and current leader, Mohammed Nour...
  
  
• United Front for Democratic Change
  United Front for Democratic Change
  The 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...
  
  
• Liberation Front of Chad
  Liberation Front of Chad
  The Liberation Front of Chad was an insurgent group active between 1965 and 1976 during the first phase of the Chadian Civil War....
  
  
• Democratic Front of Chad
  Democratic Front of Chad
  The Democratic Front of Chad was a Chadian political party active in the 1980s.A coalition of four pre-existing groups formed in Paris in 1985 in opposition to both opposition leader Goukouni Oueddei and President Hissène Habré, and dominated by southern Chadians, it was led by the general Negue...
  
  
• Volcan Army
  Volcan Army
  The Volcan Army was a Chadian insurgent rebel group that was active during the Chadian Civil War. The movement was founded in 1970 by the Arab insurgent leader Mohamed Baghlani, who had been expelled in June from the FROLINAT by the organization's secretary-general Abba Siddick...
  
  
• Rally of Democratic Forces (rebel group)
  Rally 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...
  
  
• Union of Forces for Democracy
• Union of Forces for Democracy and Development-Fundamental

Government of Chad

• Government of Chad
  Government of Chad
  The Government of Chad has been ruled and controlled by Idriss Déby and his Patriotic Salvation Movement since December 2, 1990, and officially since February 28, 1991. An amendment to the Constitution of Chad, passed in 2005, allowed Déby to run for his next term which will be his third...
  
  
• National Assembly of Chad
  National Assembly of Chad
  The National Assembly is the parliament of Chad. It has 155 members, elected for a four year term in 25 single-member constituencies and 34 multi-member constituencies.-See also:*List of Presidents of the National Assembly of Chad...
  
  
• Foreign relations of Chad
  Foreign relations of Chad
  The Foreign relations of Chad are motivated primarily by the desire for outside investment in Chadian industry and support for Chadian President Idriss Déby. Chad is officially non-aligned but has close relations with France, the former colonial power. Relations with neighbouring Libya, and Sudan...
  
  
• Colonial heads of French Equatorial Africa
  Colonial heads of French Equatorial Africa
  -See also:*French Equatorial Africa*Cameroon**French Cameroon*Chad*Central African Republic*Democratic Republic of the Congo*Republic of the Congo*Guinea*Gabon*Lists of office-holders...
  
  
• La Tchadienne
  La Tchadienne
  La Tchadienne is the national anthem of Chad. Written by Louis Gidrol and his student group and composed by Paul Villard, it has been the official anthem since independence in 1960.-In French - En français:Peuple Tchadien, debout et à l'ouvrage!...
  
  
• Flag of Chad
  Flag of Chad
  The national flag of the Republic of Chad is a vertical tricolor consisting of a blue, a yellow and a red field. Blue was substituted for green to avoid confusion with neighboring states. The basic design is the same as that of the flag of Romania, the flag of Andorra, the flag of Moldova, and...
  
  
• Coat of arms of Chad
  Coat of arms of Chad
  The coat of arms of Chad was adopted in 1970. The center has a shield with wavy blue and yellow lines, with a sun rising over it. The shield is supported by a goat and a lion...
  
  
• Petroleum Revenue Oversight and Control Committee
  Petroleum Revenue Oversight and Control Committee
  The Petroleum Revenue Oversight and Control Committee or Collège de Contrôle et de Surveillance des Ressources Pétrolières is a Chadian government watchdog committee in charge of overseeing the government's use of petrol reserves and revenues....
  
  
• Prime Minister of Chad
• Military of Chad
  Military of Chad
  The Military of Chad consists of the Armed Forces , Republican Guard, Rapid Intervention Force, Police, and National and Nomadic Guard...
  
  
• Chad Air Force
  Chad Air Force
  The Chadian Air Force, in French Force Aérienne Tchadienne, was formed in 1961 as the Escadrille Nationale Tchadienne , and was given its current name in 1973...
  
  
• Nomad and National Guard
  Nomad and National Guard
  The National and Nomadic Guard of Chad is one of four defence and security forces in Chad....
  
  
• Constitutional Council of Chad
  Constitutional Council of Chad
  The Constitutional Council of Chad judges the constitutionality of legislation and treaties in Chad. It consists of nine judges who are elected to 9-year terms. It is established by Title VII of the Constitution of Chad.-Sources:...
  
  
• Law enforcement in Chad
  Law enforcement in Chad
  -Historical secret police organizations:* Direction de la Documentation et de la Sécurité -Sources:# World Police Encyclopedia, ed. by Dilip K. Das & Michael Palmiotto published by Taylor & Francis. 2004,...
  
  
• Supreme Court of Chad
  Supreme Court of Chad
  The Supreme Court is the highest jurisdiction of Chad in judiciary, administrative and tributary fields.-The Supreme Court in the Constitution:...
  
  
• Constitution of Chad
  Constitution of Chad
  The Constitution of the Republic of Chad is the supreme law of Chad. Adopted in 1996, six years after President Idriss Déby rose to power following a successful rebellion against President Hissène Habré, this formal document establishes the framework of the Chadian state and government and...
  
  
• List of diplomatic missions in Chad
• Diplomatic missions of Chad
  Diplomatic missions of Chad
  This is a list of diplomatic missions of Chad, excluding honorary consulates.-Europe:** Brussels ** Paris ** Berlin ** Moscow -North America:** Washington, D.C...
  
  
• Chad-France relations
  Chad-France relations
  - History :France was Chad's most important foreign donor and patron for the frst three decades following independence in 1960. At the end of the 1980s, economic ties were still strong, and France provided development assistance in the form of loans and grants...
  
  
• Chad-Libya relations
  Chad-Libya relations
  Chad–Libya relations have arisen out of centuries of ethnic, religious, and commercial ties.- 1960s :Under French and Italian colonial domination, respectively, Chad and Libya had diverged in orientation and development...
  
  
• Chad-Nigeria relations
• Chad-Sudan relations
• Chad-United States relations
• Education in Chad
  Education in Chad
  Education in Chad is challenging due to the nation's dispersed population and a certain degree of reluctance on the part of parents to send their children to school. Although attendance is compulsory, only 68% of boys continue past primary school, and more than half of the population is illiterate...
  
  

Culture of Chad

• Abouna
  Abouna
  Abouna is a 2003 award winning film by Chadian director Mahamat Saleh Haroun. It was filmed on location in Gaoui and N'Djamena, Chad.- Plot synopsis :...
  
  
• Chad at the Olympics
  Chad at the Olympics
  Chad has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games held between 1964 and 1972 and from 1984 to 2008, although the country has never won an Olympic medal. No athletes from Chad have competed in any Winter Olympic Games....
  
  
• Chad at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  Chad at the 1964 Summer Olympics
  Chad competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It was invited by the Olympic Committee on May 1, that gave provisional recognition to the National Olympic Committee of Chad...
  
  
• Chad at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Chad at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  Chad competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the second appearance of the African nation, which made its debut in 1964.-Athletics:Men's 800m* Ahmed Issa*# Round 1 - 1:49.0 Men's 1500m...
  
  
• Chad at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  Chad at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's 100m* Salem Alah-Djaba* First Heat — 10.65* Second Heat — 10.51 * Gana Abba-Kimet* First Heat — 10.89 Men's 200m* Salem Alah-Djaba...
  
  
• Chad at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Chad at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Chad competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Chad returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting both the 1976 and 1980 Games.-Athletics:Men's 400 metres* Issaka Hassane* Round 1 — 49.64...
  
  
• Chad at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  Chad at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's 400m* Faudet Ali*# Round 1 — 48.69 Men's 800m* Yesky Moli*# Round 1 — 1:57.97 Men's 1500m* Seid Gayaple*# Round 1 — 3:58.46 Men's 5000m...
  
  
• Chad at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  Chad at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's 400m* Faudet Ali* Heat — 47.10 Men's 800m* Yaya Terap Adoum* Heat — 1:54.43 Men's 5.000 metres*Yeski Moli Youssouf* Heat — 15:29.25...
  
  
• Chad at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Chad at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Chad competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Men :Track and road events- Women :Track and road events-References:*...
  
  
• Chad at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Chad at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's 100m* Moumi Sebergue*# Round 1 - 11.00 Women's 200m* Kaltouma Nadjina*# Round 1 - 23.81 Women's 400m* Kaltouma Nadjina*# Round 1 - 52.34*# Round 2 - 52.60 -References:...
  
  
• Chad at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Chad at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's 100 metre:* Djikoloum Mobele - Round 1: DNSWomen's 400 metres:* Kaltouma Nadjina - Round 1: 51.50 s, Semifinal: 51.57 s-References:*...
  
  
• Chad Cultural Centre
  Chad Cultural Centre
  The Chad Cultural Centre is an institution located in Moa, Chad. It was founded by the government in order to foster national traditions....
  
  
• Chad national football team
  Chad national football team
  The Chad national football team, nicknamed Sao, represents Chad in international football. The team is controlled by the Fédération Tchadienne de Football, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2009 by Sherif El-Khashab...
  
  
• Chad National Museum
  Chad National Museum
  The Chad National Museum is the national museum of Chad. It is located in the capital city of N'Djamena at near Avenue Felix Eboue, with a mailing address of BP 638, Fort Archambault. The museum was established on October 6, 1962 in temporary quarters under the name of Chad National Museum,...
  
  
• Chari Jazz
  Chari Jazz
  Founded in 1964, Chari Jazz was the first modern Chad musical group.Chari Jazz was preceded by 1962 creation in N'Djamena of Tchad succès, a band composed mainly of Cameroonian and Congolese musicians, though including Bar Kossi. Musician Naimou Mbaitoloum was joined by his friends from Sarh ,...
  
  
• Daratt
  Daratt
  Daratt is a 2006 film by Chadian director Mahamat Saleh Haroun.The film was one of seven films from non-Western cultures commissioned by Peter Sellars' New Crowned Hope Festival to commemorate the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
  
  
• Fédération Tchadienne de Football
  Fédération Tchadienne de Football
  The Fédération Tchadienne de Football is the governing body of football in Chad. It was founded in 1962, and affiliated to FIFA and to CAF in 1988. It organizes the national football leagues, including the Chad Premier League, and the national team. Its offices are located in N'Djamena.-External...
  
  
• Holidays in Chad
• H'Sao
• List of Chadian films
• Music of Chad
  Music of Chad
  Chad is an ethnically diverse Central African country. Each of its regions has its own unique varieties of music and dance. The Fulani people, for example, use single-reeded flutes, while the ancient griot tradition uses five-string kinde and various kinds of horns, and the Tibesti region uses...
  
  
• Stade Nacional (Chad)
  Stade Nacional (Chad)
  Stade Nacional is a multi-use stadium in N'Djamena, Chad. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people. it is currently the home ground of the Chad national football team....
  
  
• Kakaki
  Kakaki
  The kakaki is a three to four metre long metal trumpet used in Hausa traditional ceremonial music. Kakaki is the name used in Chad, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria. The instrument is also known as waza in Chad and Sudan, and malakat in Ethiopia....
  
  
• Kaskara
  Kaskara
  The Kaskara was a type of broadsword characteristic of Sudan and Chad. The blade of the kaskara was usually about a yard long, double edged and with a spatulate tip. While most surviving examples are from the 19th century, the type is believed to have originated in the 16th century, and may...
  
  
• Saharan rock art
  Saharan rock art
  Saharan rock art is a significant area of archaeological study focusing on the precious treasures carved or painted on the natural rocks found in the central Sahara desert. There are over three thousand sites discovered that have information about Saharan rock art...
  
  
• UDEAC Championship
  UDEAC Championship
  The Central African Customs and Economic Union Championship was a association football tournament contested between countries in Central Africa...
  
  
• CEMAC Cup
  CEMAC Cup
  The CEMAC Cup is an amateur football tournament that includes only local league players from the Republic of Congo, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon and the Central African Republic. As the local leagues in these six countries are amateur leagues, it is a non-professional competition...
  
  
• UNIFAC Cup
  UNIFAC Cup
  The UNIFAC Cup was a football tournament played in Gabon in 1999, between the nations of Central Africa. The prize for this tournament was the Oumar Bongo trophy.All matches at Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon...
  
  
• Chad Premier League
  Chad Premier League
  Chad Premier League is the top division of the Fédération Tchadienne de Football in Chad. It consists of 10 clubs and they are all from capital city N'Djamena.- Clubs 2011 :*AS CotonTchad *AS DGSSIE *Elect-Sport FC...
  
  
• Chad Cup
  Chad Cup
  The Chad Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Chad football.-Winners:*1973 : Gazelle FC *1974 : Gazelle FC *1989 : Tourbillon FC *1990 : Renaissance FC...
  
  
• Unifac Clubs Cup
  Unifac Clubs Cup
  The UNIFFAC Clubs Cup is an international club association football competition run by the Central African Football Federations' Union known by its French acronym UNIFFAC, for clubs from Central African countries of Cameroon, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.- Winners :...
  
  
• Sport in Chad
  Sport in Chad
  The principal sports in Chad are football, basketball, athletics, boxing, martial arts and fishing, which is mostly known in Lake Chad. The national stadium is the Stade Nacional in the capital, N'Djamena.-Football in Chad:...
  
  
• Bye Bye Africa
  Bye Bye Africa
  Bye Bye Africa is a 1999 award winning Chadian film. It was the first by Chadian director Mahamat Saleh Haroun, who also starred. The docu-drama centers on a fictionalized version of Haroun.- Plot :...
  
  
• Literature of Chad
  Literature of Chad
  Chadian literature has suffered greatly from the turmoil which has engulfed the country, economical and political. As with many cultures, literature in Chad began with folk tales and legends. While French is the dominant language, Arabic is also used by some Chadian writers...
  
  
• DJA FM
  DJA FM
  DJA FM 96.9 is a Chadian radio station. Established in 1998, this was the first privately-owned radio station in Ndjamena, Chad. Its president is Zara Yacoub. DJA is a non-specialized radio with an orientation towards the youth and women. The program is constituted by news, magazines and...
  
  
• DP75: Tartina City
  DP75: Tartina City
  DP75: Tartina City is a 2006 dramatic film by Chadian director Issa Serge Coelo, now at his second feature film. The film has won the Innovation Award at the 31st Montreal World Film Festival. While the country where the action is set remains unnamed, the context is that of Chadian history in the...
  
  
• Daresalam
  Daresalam
  Daresalam is a 2000 dramatic film by Chadian director Issa Serge Coelo. It has been considered one of the very few recent African films that has treated the theme of the internecine conflicts that have ravaged the African continent since independence...
  
  
• Chad national rugby union team
  Chad national rugby union team
  The Chad national rugby union team represents Chad in international rugby union. Chad is not a member of the International Rugby Board but is a member of the Confederation of African Rugby . It has yet to play in a Rugby World Cup tournament....
  
  
• CAR Castel Beer Trophy
  CAR Castel Beer Trophy
  The African Development Trophy is a rugby union tournament consisting of 16 teams played in the continent of Africa, formerly named the CAR Castel Beer Trophy. It is organised by the Confederation of African Rugby and is also known as the CAR Super 16. The tournament contains the teams in the...
  
  
• Archdiocese of N'Djamena
• Diocese of Doba
• Diocese of Goré
• Diocese of Lai
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Moundou
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Pala
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Sarh
• Association of Baptist Churches of Chad
  Association of Baptist Churches of Chad
  The Association of Baptist Churches of Chad is an organization serving the Baptist churches in the state of Chad in Equatorial Africa.The General Council of Cooperating Baptists of North America, Inc. sent six missionaries to French Equatorial Africa in the fall of 1920, and they reached Africa in...
  
  
• Islam in Chad
  Islam in Chad
  The earliest presence of Islam in Chad can be traced back to the legendary Uqba ibn Nafi, whose descendants can be found settled in the Lake Chad region to this day. By the time Arab migrants began arriving from the east in the fourteenth century in sizeable numbers, the creed was already well...
  
  
• Roman Catholicism in Chad
  Roman Catholicism in Chad
  The Roman Catholic Church in Chad is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. The Apostolic Nuncio to Chad is Archbishop Pierre Nguyên Van Tot, appointed August 25, 2005....
  
  

Economy of Chad

• Agriculture in Chad
  Agriculture in Chad
  In 1986 approximately 83% of the active population of Chad were farmers or herders. This sector of the economy accounted for almost half of the GDP. With the exception of cotton production, some small-scale sugar cane production, and a portion of the peanut crop, Chad's agriculture consisted of...
  
  
• Banque Sahélo-Saharienne pour l'Investissement et le Commerce
  Banque Sahélo-Saharienne pour l'Investissement et le Commerce
  Banque Sahélo-Saharienne pour l'Investissement et le Commerce is a commercial bank and investment bank serving several nations in Saharan and Sahelian Africa...
  
  
• Bank of Central African States
  Bank of Central African States
  The Bank of Central African States is a central bank that serves six central African countries which form the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa:*Cameroon*Central African Republic*Chad*Equatorial Guinea*Gabon*Republic of the Congo...
  
  
• CFA franc
  CFA franc
  The CFA franc is the name of two currencies used in Africa which are guaranteed by the French treasury. The two CFA franc currencies are the West African CFA franc and the Central African CFA franc...
  
  
• Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project
  Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project
  The Chad–Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project is a controversial project to develop the production capacity of oilfields near Doba in southern Chad, and to create a 1,070 km pipeline to transport the oil to facilities on the coast of Cameroon. The project was launched on...
  
  
• Cotontchad
  Cotontchad
  The Société cotonnière du Tchad, also called Cotontchad, is a parastatal Chadian company operating in a monopoly regime that buys and exports all the cotton produced in Chad, a product which represents 40% of the country's exportations and in the past years has been even more dominant...
  
  
• Ecobank
  Ecobank
  Ecobank, whose official name is Ecobank Transnational Inc., is a pan-African banking group with a presence in more African countries than any other bank...
  
  
• Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
• Economic Community of Central African States
  Economic Community of Central African States
  The Economic Community of Central African States is an Economic Community of the African Union for promotion of regional economic co-operation in Central Africa...
  
  
• Fishing in Chad
  Fishing in Chad
  With its two major rivers, Lake Chad, and many runoff zones, in the 1970s Chad ranked high among Africa's producers of inland freshwater fish. With the drought and diversion of the waters of some rivers, however, production declined in the 1980s...
  
  
• Forestry in Chad
  Forestry in Chad
  Like most states of the African Sahel, Chad has suffered desertification--the encroachment of the desert. Traditional herding practices and the need for firewood and wood for construction have exacerbated the problem. In the early 1980s, the country possessed between 135,000 and 160,000 square...
  
  
• Free Confederation of Chadian Workers
• Manufacturing in Chad
  Manufacturing in Chad
  Manufacturing in Chad was dominated by agribusiness, and Cotontchad in particular. Next in importance were the National Sugar Company of Chad , the Chadian Textile Company , the Logone Breweries , and the Cigarette Factory of Chad...
  
  
• Mining in Chad
  Mining in Chad
  The only mineral exploited in Chad was sodium carbonate, or natron. Also called sal soda or washing soda, natron was used as a salt for medicinal purposes, as a preservative for hides, and as an ingredient in the traditional manufacture of soap; herders also fed it to their animals...
  
  
• Organization for Community Supported Sustainable Agriculture in Chad
  Organization for Community Supported Sustainable Agriculture in Chad
  Organization for Community Supported Sustainable Agriculture in Chad is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 by 40-year old, Chadian scholar and graduate of Brigham Young University, Toupta Boguena. OCSSAC, which has about 100 members, most of whom are from Utah, United States, provides...
  
  
• Union of Trade Unions of Chad
  Union of Trade Unions of Chad
  The 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....
  
  
• Utilities in Chad
  Utilities in Chad
  In the late 1980s, public utilities in Chad were extremely limited. The Chadian Water and Electricity Company , was the major public utility company. The government held 82 percent of the shares and CCCE held 18 percent. STEE provided water and electricity to the four main urban areas, N'Djamena,...
  
  
• Tourism in Chad
  Tourism in Chad
  Tourism in Chad is a relatively minor industry. Most travellers are attracted by Chad's hunting capabilities and its Zakouma National Park.Tourists must have valid passports and visas, as well as evidence of yellow fever immunization. As of 2000, there were roughly 43,000 tourist arrivals in the...
  
  

Infrastructures of Chad

• Air Afrique
  Air Afrique
  Air Afrique was a Pan-African airline, that was mainly owned by many West African countries for most of its history. It was established as the official transnational carrier for francophone West and Central Africa, because many of these countries did not have the capability to create and maintain a...
  
  
• Air Afrique Horizon
• Abéché Airport
  Abéché Airport
  Abéché Airport is an airport serving Abéché, the fourth largest city in Chad....
  
  
• Celtel
  Celtel
  Celtel was a telecommunications company that operated in several African countries. It was founded by Sudanese-born Mo Ibrahim.-History:Originally known as "MSI Cellular Investments", the company began operating in 1998...
  
  
• Communications in Chad
  Communications in Chad
  Telephones - main lines in use:11,800 Telephones - mobile cellular phone:470,000 Telephone system:general assessment:primitive systemdomestic:fair system of radiotelephone communication stationsinternational:...
  
  
• List of airports in Chad
• Moundou Airport
  Moundou Airport
  - References :*...
  
  
• Ndjamena-Djibouti Highway
  Ndjamena-Djibouti Highway
  The Ndjamena-Djibouti Highway is Trans-African Highway 6 in the transcontinental road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa , the African Development Bank , and the African Union, connecting the Sahelian region to the Indian Ocean port of Djibouti in the...
  
  
• N'Djamena International Airport
  N'Djamena International Airport
  N'Djamena International Airport , serves N'Djamena, Chad, and is the main international airport of Chad.The airport is dual use, with civilian and military installations on opposite sides of the single runway.- Military base :...
  
  
• Sarh Airport
  Sarh Airport
  Sarh Airport is an airport serving Sarh, Chad....
  
  
• SotelTchad
  SotelTchad
  Societe des Telecommunications Internationales du Tchad is a Chadian telecommunications parastatal providing landline domestic and international telephone service, as well as Internet service. SotelTchad was created in 2000, when domestic phone services were detached from the postal service...
  
  
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• Transport in Chad
  Transport in Chad
  Transport infrastructure within Chad is generally poor, especially in the north and east of the country. There are no railways and river transport is limited to the south-west corner....
  
  
• Tripoli-Cape Town Highway
  Tripoli-Cape Town Highway
  The Tripoli – Cape Town Highway is Trans-African Highway 3 in the transcontinental road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa , the African Development Bank , and the African Union...
  
  

Other Chad-related articles

• Fédération du Scoutisme Tchadien
  Fédération du Scoutisme Tchadien
  The Fédération du Scoutisme Tchadien , the national federation of two Scouting organizations in Chad, was founded in 1960, and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1974...
  
  
• Association des Guides du Tchad
  Association des Guides du Tchad
  The Association des Guides du Tchad is the national Guiding organization of Chad. The girls-only organization is a full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Girl Guiding in Chad is active in both urban and rural areas...
  
  
• Gay rights in Chad
  Gay rights in Chad
  Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Chad may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in Chad, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples do not receive the same legal protections as...
  
  
• American International School of N’Djamena
• University of N'Djamena
  University of N'Djamena
  The University of N'Djamena is the leading institution of higher education in Chad. It was created in 1971 as the University of Chad, and was renamed to "University of N'Djamena" in 1994....
  
  
• Demographics of Chad
  Demographics of Chad
  The people of Chad speak more than 100 different languages and divide themselves into many ethnic groups. However, language and ethnicity are not the same. Moreover, neither element can be tied to a particular physical type. In Chad, European conquest and administration intensified feelings of...
  
  
• Association Tchadienne pour la Promotion et la Défense des Droits de l'Homme
• Scouting in Chad
  Scouting in Chad
  The Scout and Guide movement in Chad is served by* Association des Guides du Tchad, member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts* Fédération du Scoutisme Tchadien, member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement-See also:...
  
  
• Human rights in Chad
  Human rights in Chad
  Human rights in Chad have been described as "poor"; for example, Freedom House has designated the country as "Not Free." Chad received a score of 6 for both political rights and civil liberties ....
  
  
• Permanent Interstate Committee for drought control in the Sahel
  Permanent Interstate Committee for drought control in the Sahel
  The Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel is an international organization consisting of countries in the Sahel region of Africa.According to the official homepage, the organization's mandate is to invest in research for food security and the fight against...
  
  
• Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs , is a United Nations body formed in December 1991 by General Assembly Resolution 46/182...
  
  
• African Petroleum Producers Association
  African Petroleum Producers Association
  thumb|Map of states belonging to the APPA as of June 2009.African Petroleum Producers Association, APPA is an organisation of African countries producing petroleum. It was founded in 1986...
  
  
• Community of Sahel-Saharan States
  Community of Sahel-Saharan States
  CEN-SAD or the Community of Sahel-Saharan States aims to create a free trade area...
  
  
• Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
• Customs and Economic Union of Central Africa
• Economic Community of Central African States
  Economic Community of Central African States
  The Economic Community of Central African States is an Economic Community of the African Union for promotion of regional economic co-operation in Central Africa...
  
  
• Bank of Central African States
  Bank of Central African States
  The Bank of Central African States is a central bank that serves six central African countries which form the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa:*Cameroon*Central African Republic*Chad*Equatorial Guinea*Gabon*Republic of the Congo...
  
  
• Zoé's Ark
  Zoé's Ark
  Zoé's Ark is a French charity organization with the aim of increasing awareness of the crisis in Darfur and providing aid for children affected by the conflict...
  
  
• List of people on stamps of Chad
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