Two dozen assailants armed with weapons and machetes launched an assault on Chad's presidential palace which the government said was thwarted but the opposition cast doubt Thursday on the official ...

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - An attack on Chad's presidency compound foiled by security forces on Wednesday was carried out by a disorganised band of intoxicated men wielding knives and machetes who were ...

Opposition insists another transitional government should be formed and transparent elections organized to end the 3-decade ...

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The attack comes less than two weeks after Chad held a general election that the government hailed as a key step towards ending military rule but that was marked by low turnout and the opposition's ...

In what was the first parliamentary election in Chad in more than a decade ... by the Chadian people,” referring to the distribution of power beyond the national government to the different provincial ...

Chadian troops were heavily deployed around the capital, N’Djamena, Thursday as officials said they were investigating a failed attack on the country’s presidential palace.

Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah seen in a video apparently recorded at the presidential palace in N'Djamena Chad's government has said security forces had thwarted an alleged effort to ...

government of trying to legitimise what they call a political dynasty. Chad, one of Africa’s poorest countries, is the first in a string of coup-hit states in the Sahel to hold elections as ...

Chad’s ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement, led by President Mahamat Idriss Deby, has secured a majority of seats in the ...

The Chadian capital N'Djamena was on alert on Thursday after 19 people died during clashes between security forces and gunmen ...