Sources: BBC
At least 21 people are killed after a passenger bus en route from N'Djamena to Abéché crashed into a truck near Oum Hadjer, Batha Est Department, Chad. 2023-01-26
The Prime Minister of Chad Saleh Kebzabo confirms that government forces in North Tibesti have successfully found and subsequently freed hostage Jerome Hugonnot, a Franco-Australian conservationist, kidnapped in Wadi Fira three days prior. 2022-10-31
Chad declares an emergency over food insecurity in the country. The United Nations estimates that more than a third of the population are in need of urgent humanitarian aid. 2022-06-3
United Kingdom Secretary of State for International Development Penny Mordaunt tells BBC One that Oxfam's failure to pass on information regarding sexual misconduct allegations of its workers in Haiti and Chad shows an "absolute" absence and failure of moral leadership. 2018-02-11
Three suicide bombers at Lake Chad kill at least 30 people and injure at least 80 others. Three women carried out the attack at a weekly market on an island on the Chadian side of the lake. No group claims responsibility; officials suspect the attacks were carried out by members of the Boko Haram militant group from neighboring Nigeria. 2015-12-5
13 Chadian soldiers and 65 Islamist insurgents are killed in heavy fighting in a remote part of northern Mali. 2013-02-22
Chad sends troops to the Central African Republic to help defend the town of Bria from the Seleka rebel coalition. 2012-12-19
Belgium asks the International Court of Justice to order Senegal to put former Chadian President Hissène Habré on trial or to extradite him on charges of torture and crimes against humanity. 2012-03-12
Oxfam warns of a major food crisis in West Africa unless immediate action is taken. 2012-03-9
Oxfam warns of a "double disaster" following flooding compounding a recent drought and food crisis in Niger. 2010-08-24