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Reliefweb
April 27, 2018
The Lake Chad Basin Crisis remains one of the largest humanitarian emergencies in the world and continues to affect the North-East of Nigeria, the Far North Region of Cameroon, the Lac Region of Chad and the Diffa Region in Niger. Around 17.4 Million people live in the affected areas across the fourÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
April 27, 2018
Genaina — The Conference on Security and Development of border areas between the Sudan and Chad on Wednesday concluded session in the town of Genaina, capital of West Darfur state, and issued its final recommendations and communique. The communique pointed out that the meeting took placeÃâà...
Geopoliticalmonitor.com
April 27, 2018
Citizens of Chad can now legally enter the United States after President Trump lifted the travel restrictions last week. Ending the travel ban on Chad came just as suddenly as the African nation's inclusion on the list six months ago. The reason for the reversal is straightforward: Trump has no discernibleÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
April 27, 2018
Sudan — For the last 15 years, Adam El-Nour Abakar, 45 years old, was in exile in Chad. Last week, Adam and his family returned to their home in Kebkabiya village, in North Darfur with their five Children, all of whom were born in Chad. In its latest biweekly bulletin, the UN Office for the Coordination ofÃâà...
AFL.com.au
April 27, 2018
PORT Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley isn't overly concerned with Chad Wingard's below-par start to the season and is confident the two-time All Australian is close to recapturing his best football. The Power forward/midfielder has struggled to have an impact in the opening five rounds of the season headingÃâà...
africanews
April 15, 2018
Mitsuhiro Furusawa, the Fund's deputy managing director, said the February deal “is expected to yield the necessary financing for the program and firmly restore external debt stability”. The IMF also said it expects Chad's economy to grow by 3.5 percent this year, after it contracted by 3.1 percent last year,Ãâà...
Politico
April 10, 2018
President Donald Trump on Tuesday lifted travel restrictions on Chad, citing improvements in the "identity-management and information sharing practices" of the African nation, one of several targeted by the president's controversial ban. The president, according to a statement from White House pressÃâà...
Quartz
April 8, 2018
Social media and messaging platforms including WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Viber have been blocked in Chad, a move advocacy groups have linked to the tense political situation in the country. From as early as Mar. 28, users started reporting a shutdown, according to the organization InternetÃâà...
BBC News
March 30, 2018
Lake Chad - a source of water to millions of people in West Africa - has shrunk by nine-tenths due to climate change, population growth and irrigation. But can a scheme dating back to the 1980s save it? "It's a ridiculous plan and it will never happen." That's the reaction many people have to the idea of tryingÃâà...
Reliefweb
March 29, 2018
The protracted conflict in the Lake Chad Basin has cut off millions of women and men from their livelihoods, making them entirely dependent on humanitarian assistance to survive. Much emphasis has been given to the stabilization agenda, with a focus on securitization. However, Oxfam's research in lateÃâà...
News24
March 29, 2018
It split in 2016 from another anti-Deby group in Libya, the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), based in Jufra, which is reputedly on good terms with Haftar. Chad has a long history of revolt by rebels staged from across its borders. Deby and his precedessor Hissene Habre were themselvesÃâà...
Bengals.com
March 29, 2018
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The NFL owners pass two rule modifications today that have Bengals stripes all over them. "The Chad Rule" backed by Cincinnati, passes, 29-3, as the league looks to rein in choreographed touchdown celebrations that Pro Bowl wide receivers Chad Johnson of the Bengals andÃâà...
The Denver Post
March 28, 2018
When Chad Bettis needed a groundball in Tuesday afternoon's Cactus League finale, he was able to coax one out of Mariners batters. Case in point, in the second inning, with one run in and two men on, he got Andrew Romine to ground out to Nolan Arenado at third, who started off the inning-endingÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 28, 2018
The Lake Chad Basin humanitarian emergency is among the most severe in the world. The protracted conflict has uprooted around 2.3 million people, stoked high levels of hunger and malnutrition, and subjected millions of civilians to extreme hardship. Insecurity is hampering the resumption of normal life,Ãâà...
417mag
March 28, 2018
Chad Harris, a stand-up comic and regular contributor to The Mystery Hour, hits the stage as Chad the Dad. This month, he's answering questions about navigating life in 417-land—from a dad's perspective. By Chad Harris. Apr 2018. Share: Photos by Brandon Alms. My kids think throwing food is hilarious. How can IÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 27, 2018
In Cameroon's Far North region, around 30 attacks were recorded in January alone in which around 20 people were killed, homes destroyed, livestock and property looted. Military operations have triggered displacements and restricted humanitarian assistance. Some 8,000 Cameroonians fled their homesÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 26, 2018
El Geneina — The procedures at the border crossings in West Darfur must be improved in order to boost the trade with Chad, says the Sudanese Minister of Commerce. After meeting with the West Darfur Minister of Finance, Dr El Hadi Adam, in El Geneina on Sunday, Commerce Minister Hatim El Sir AliÃâà...
WMUR Manchester
March 26, 2018
The 11th annual Battle of the Badges charity hockey game drew thousands of fans to SNHU Arena Sunday, where Team Fire and Team Police once again faced off to raise money for the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth. The pregame ceremony was emotional. It included a video showing exactly where theÃâà...
Hudson Star Observer
March 26, 2018
"It makes it a little easier to sell those things," Chad said. They also sell lots of tea, something Carol loves. One of the big changes is to the types of guests Urban Olive and Vine will serve - enhancing the restaurant's options for four-legged friends. Pets were already welcome on the outdoor patio, but ChadÃâà...
The Punch
March 25, 2018
A Chadian soldier and 20 Boko Haram members were killed in a clash in the restive Lake Chad region near Nigeria, a Chadian military officer told AFP Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday on an islet named Tchoukou Hadje, the officer said, adding that five soldiers were wounded. “Twenty BokoÃâà...
Concord Monitor
March 25, 2018
Concord fire fighter Tom Nault played in the first CHaD Battle of the Badges hockey game in 2008. His son, Nick, was 8 years old. Ten years later, the two will be the first father-son duo on the same team when the puck drops Sunday at 3 p.m. at SNHU Arena in Manchester. It will be the third time that Tom,Ãâà...
WMUR Manchester
March 23, 2018
The 11th annual CHaD Battle of the Badges hockey game will be held on Sunday. Police officers and firefighters from across the region will face off at SNHU Arena in Manchester. Advertisement. Related Content. Video: CHaD Hockey player Kevin Kelly and his buddy Jakob Ãâ÷ Perry family's annual spaghettiÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 23, 2018
The billionaires are funding and promoting routine vaccination to kick out the virus for good. Concerned about poliomyelitis or polio virus contamination as a result of the insecurity and displacement caused by the Boko Haram militant insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin, American billionaire, Bill Gates andÃâà...
UN News
March 23, 2018
It is critical to shore up areas of Africa's Lake Chad Basin freed from the grip of Boko Haram, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General told the Security Council on Thursday, as she also called for efforts to rebuild the lives of women and girls that have suffered at the hands of the terrorist group.
economia
March 23, 2018
The watchdog found that Calgary-based oil and gas company Griffiths Energy bribed Chadian diplomats with discounted shares deals and “consultancy fees” using a front company “Chad Oil”. This company was set up just five days before the agreements were signed. The SFO said that Chad Oil was usedÃâà...
Bengals.com
March 22, 2018
Orlando, Fla. - Even though he is here in the middle of running the NFL's annual spring meeting and has to host a reception tonight, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell plans to watch Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco make his debut on this season's first episode of ABC's “Dancing With The Stars.” As he exits his firstÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 22, 2018
N'DJAMENA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up nutrition support for 65,000 people in Chad's fragile Sahel region, thanks to a US$2.5 million contribution from the Government of Japan. Insufficient rainfall during the last planting season in parts of Chad's Sahel region hasÃâà...
Newcastle Herald
March 21, 2018
Newcastle District Cricket Association: Toronto's Adrian Chad and Wallsend's Nathan Price share player-of-the-year honours for 2017-2018 ... In his second full season back at the Kookaburras, Chad along with Wallsend captain Nathan Price were named on Wednesday joint winners of the prestigiousÃâà...
Nasdaq
March 21, 2018
AMES, Iowa, March 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NewLink Genetics Corporation (NASDAQ:NLNK) today announced the appointment of Chad A. Johnson, 39, to the Company's Board of Directors. In connection with this appointment, the Company's Board expanded from seven directors to eight.
Independent
March 21, 2018
N'Djamena, Chad | AFP | Civil servants in Chad returned to work on Tuesday after a strike over austerity measures paralysed the impoverished country's public sector for seven weeks. Trade unions had called the strike in late January after the government slashed civil servants' pay, and the whole publicÃâà...
STRATFOR
March 21, 2018
Stratfor's 2018 Second-Quarter Forecast focused on the importance of the G5 Sahel Force to counterterrorism efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa. Of the five countries involved, Chad is arguably the most important. Because of this, the country's recent decision to extend presidential term lengths and introduceÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 19, 2018
Sudanese refugees in Chad are suffering from a shortage of supplies of basic commodities such as sugar and cooking oil. Supply lorries have been prevented from reaching the camps. A sheik of the refugee camps in Chad told Radio Dabanga that Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia prevent commercialÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 19, 2018
Lake Chad in Central Africa provides water to around 30 million people in four neighbouring countries, but it has lost 90 percent of its surface area in the last 100 years. Environmentalists are warning of impending human and ecological disaster in the Sahel region if nothing is done to stop theÃâà...
Business Day
March 19, 2018
The Fonac, or the New Opposition Front for Change party has said the process is aimed at "perpetuating the power of Idriss Deby, something that is harmful and dangerous for the future of Chad". A draft of the proposals includes a presidential term of seven years through direct universal suffrage and aÃâà...
africanews
March 12, 2018
Tillerson, is a former ExxonMobil CEO, a company with which N' Djamena has had troubled relations over exploiting Chadian oil. From Chad he briefly visited Nigeria for the final stage of his mini-African tour. Both oil-producing countries are struggling to contain the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency.
Predominantly Orange
March 8, 2018
As the Denver Broncos get set to pursue a new quarterback via free agency and the 2018 NFL Draft, there's another name on their roster besides Paxton Lynch that might offer some in-house intrigue. Chad Kelly, Mr. Irrelevant in the 2017 NFL Draft, was apparently not irrelevant to the Denver Broncos.
OilPrice.com
March 8, 2018
Chad, Congo, and Malaysia are all lining up to join OPEC, Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, the energy minister of the cartel's newest member Equatorial Guinea ... In Africa, countries like Chad and Congo are interested in joining OPEC, even though they are not oil exporters at present, Obiang said, noting thatÃâà...
Valley News
March 8, 2018
Hannah Smith, 12, of Lancaster, N.H. helps Dr. Shawn Ralston find a comfortable place for her stethoscope in order to listen to her lungs on March 7, 2018 at Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Lebanon, N.H. Smith has cystic fibrosis and is in the hospital for a couple of weeks at a time a fewÃâà...
Reliefweb
March 7, 2018
The delegation, which is currently visiting Chad, is led by Hamad Salem bin Kardous Al Ameri, Director-General of the Foundation, who stated that the cost of their ongoing projects in Chad has reached AED18 million, including the Sheikh Zayed Colleges Complex, the theatre, laboratory and library ofÃâà...
Aleteia EN
March 2, 2018
+ Chad was born in Northumbria (England) and was a disciple of Saint Aidan and was probably educated at the monastery at Lindisfarne. + After living as a monk in Ireland, Chad returned to England around 653 and was ordained a priest. In 644, following the death of his brother Saint Cedd, Chad wasÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 2, 2018
Khartoum — The First Vice-President of the Republic, Prime Minister, Lt.Gen, Bakri Hassan Salih, was briefed on the outcome of the visit of the minister of transportation, Roads and Bridge to Chad and his efforts to link two countries with Roads and Railways. The Minister of Transportation Engineer, MakawiÃâà...
Quartz
March 2, 2018
When the United States' top diplomat visits five African countries this month, his audience will listening closely to see if they are able to finally make sense of how US-Africa policy has evolved under president Donald Trump. Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State, will visit Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, KenyaÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 2, 2018
Lake Chad Basin Commission Heads of State ended a conference in Abuja (Nigeria) on February 28, 2018. The leaders of Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Gabon, joined by experts and political stakeholders on February 28, 2018, concluded an international conference inÃâà...
UN News
February 28, 2018
Chad was the final stop on a 10-day mission which also took Ms. Mueller to the Central African Republic (CAR) and Cameroon, where she saw see first-hand the devastating humanitarian consequences of ongoing violence. The humanitarian emergency across the Lake Chad basin is among the mostÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 21, 2018
Moments ago MOU was signed between #Qatar & #Chad; Diplomatic Relations to be resumed with immediate exchange of ambassadors. A victory for both countries' diplomacy;one that is based on the principles of dialogue & common interests that bring peace and prosperity to both nations pic.twitter.com/Ãâà...
eNCA
February 8, 2018
The 10 suspended parties include the Democratic Party of the Chadian People (PDPT), led by lawmaker Djimet Clement Bagao, which took part in a march on Tuesday called by unions. The demonstration was dispersed by police, causing injuries, according to the opposition. Chad is under pressure to cutÃâà...
Journalducameroun.com
December 31, 1999
The inclusive national forum for institutional reforms in Chad wrapped up its work on Tuesday evening with 75 recommendations, the main ones being a six-year renewable term limit for the president, and the abolition of the post of Prime Minister.The term of office of MPs increases from four to five years,Ãâà...
Journalducameroun.com
December 31, 1999
Kenya is seeking to ape Angola and Chad models by developing a framework that will assist the country come up with mechanisms that will assist small and medium-sized enterprises(SME's) transform the short-term benefits of oil and gas sectors into long term development, industry players said onÃâà...
ReliefWeb
December 31, 1999
Chad is facing interconnected humanitarian crises, in a context of chronic poverty and low social and economic development. The security situation in neighbouring countries continues to generate significant population movements towards Chad, particularly in the south of the country, as well as internalÃâà...
UN News
December 31, 1999
Alarmed by plight of Central African refugees in Chad, UN urges funding to scale up humanitarian response. UNHCR/Ezzat Habib Chami. New refugees, most women and children fleeing a recent flare up in violence in the northwest of the Central African Republic (CAR) in Chad. 16 March 2018. Humanitarian Aid.
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