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US says Chad rebels heading towards capital from north Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by The United States said rebel fighters in Chad appeared to be moving towards the capital NDjamena and ordered non-...

Chadian military halts rebel advance on Ndjamena Africanews 4 hrs ago © HANDOUT/AFP Chadian soldiers have halted a rebel advance in the countrys north, according to a military spokesman, after American and British embassies urged personnel to leave ahead of a possible assault on the capital. General Azim Bermandoa Agouna, the Chad Army spokesperson, said the countrys forces had "defeated a group of terrorists who had ventured into the north of the Kanem province", on national TV on Saturday...

Chad Says It Repels Advancing Rebels; U.S. Urges Staff to Leave Bloomberg 6 hrs ago Katarina Hoije © Photographer: RENAUD MASBEYE BOYBEYE/AFP Chadien soldiers are seen on an ERC 90 Sagaie light armoured vehicle given to Chad by France, in NDjamena, Chad, on January 23, 2021. (Bloomberg) -- Chad said its army repelled rebels advancing southwards toward the country’s capital, as the U.S. ordered non-emergency staff at its embassy to leave the country. A rebel convoy was int...

Chadian soldiers drive with a Chadian flag, file. REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun N’Djamena (Reuters) - Chad’s army said on Monday it had beaten back a column of insurgents, claiming to have halted a rebel advance towards the capital N’Djamena as the country awaits the final results of a presidential election last week. The rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), based in Chad’s northern neighbour Libya, has made inroads south since it attacked a border post on election day a...

defenceWeb Written by Reuters - Chadian president Idriss Deby. The United States has ordered its non-essential staff in Chad to leave the African country as rebel fighters approached the capital on Sunday after early election results showed President Idriss Deby on course to extend his three-decade rule. Deby, who seized power in 1990 at the head of an armed rebellion, is a staunch ally of France and the United States in the fight against Islamist militants in the arid Sahel region. “Due to ...

This image made available courtesy of the Chadian Army on April 18, 2021, show a vehicle mounted with an anti aircraft gun belonging to the Front pour l’alternance et la concorde au Tchad (FACT) captured following clashes with the Chadian army in Nyze, 50km North east of Zigueye, on April 17, 2021. (Photo by – / Chadian Army / AFP) / The Chadian army said Monday it had killed 300 rebels who waged a major incursion into the north of the country eight days ago, adding that it had lost five of...

Chadian soldiers have halted a rebel advance in the countrys north, according to a military spokesman, after American and British embassies urged personnel to leave ahead of a possible assault on the capital. General Azim Bermandoa Agouna, the Chad Army spokesperson, said the countrys forces had "defeated a group of terrorists who had ventured into the north of the Kanem province", on national TV on Saturday. He said that the clashes had taken place late Saturday and that the rebel column from ...

Over 300 rebels killed in northern Chad 5 Chadian soldiers killed, 36 others wounded as political tensions rise post-election H. J. I. / AA prije 5 sati AFRICA Over 300 rebels killed in northern Chad More than 300 terrorists have been neutralized and 150 were taken prisoner, including three senior officials during the clashes in the Kanem province on Saturday Foto: Illustration / AA The Chadian army announced late Sunday that it has killed more than 300 rebels in the northern part of the Cent...

2021-04-19 17:05:46 GMT2021-04-20 01:05:46(Beijing Time) Xinhua English NDJAMENA, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Chadian communication minister and government spokesperson Cherif Mahamat Zene on Monday called on the population to stay calm after fierce clashes between the army and rebels over the weekend. "I want by my voice to reassure that there is nothing, absolutely nothing that can justify the panic that a part of the population is seized with because of the malicious propaganda on social net...

19 April 2021, 7:10 PM  |  Reuters  |  @SABCNews Image: Reuters People drive past a Chad army tank near presidential palace, as fighters from the rebel Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) appeared to be moving toward the capital according to the United States, in Ndjamena. Chad’s army said on Monday it had beaten back a column of insurgents, claiming to have halted a rebel advance towards the ...