The older Deby had ruled Chad - which is rich in oil resources but one of the poorest countries in Africa - since a military coup in the early 1990s. Crisis Group expert Enrica Picco said the force ...

The older Deby had ruled Chad - which is rich in oil resources but one of the poorest countries in Africa - since a coup in the early 1990s. (Reporting by Mahamat Ramadane in N'Djamena ...

An foiled attack on Chad's presidential compound overnight was carried out by a disorganised band of intoxicated men wielding knives and machetes who were easily neutralised by security forces, a ...

Chad, an oil-exporting nation of 18 million people and among the poorest in Africa, has not experienced a free and fair transfer of power since its independence from France in 1960. Around 8 ...