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Authorities in Touboro, North Region, Cameroon, report that a number of travellers from Ngaoundéré have been kidnapped yesterday by unidentified gunmen near the border with Chad, bringing the number to at least 50 people for the past two days. Seven of them have been released.
2023-10-24

Fighting breaks out between Arab and Tama gold miners in the Kouri Bougoudi district of Northern Chad. The rebel Front for Change and Concord in Chad group says that over 200 people have been killed.
2022-05-25

At least 20 Chadian soldiers are killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants during a routine patrol near Lake Chad.
2021-08-5

A French nun is found decapitated in a village in the Central African Republic.
2019-05-22

Five suicide bombers target a village in Chad that is home to thousands of Nigerian refugees who have fled Boko Haram, killing at least 36 people.
2015-10-10

Six peacekeepers from Chad are killed in clashes in the Central African Republic.
2013-12-26

Chad sends troops to the Central African Republic to help defend the town of Bria from the Seleka rebel coalition.
2012-12-19

A coalition of rebel groups called "Séléka" take over the Central African Republic mining town of Bria, killing at least 15 government soldiers. The group is spearheaded by UFDR forces and has already taken five towns in its two-week offensive, which it claims is because of a lack of progress after a peace deal ended the 2004–2007 Bush War. Following an appeal for help from President]] François Bozizé, the President of Chad Idriss Déby sends 20 vehicles of heavily armed troops to help quell the rebellion.
2012-12-18

Fighting between rebels and government forces kill 27 people in the Central African Republic.
2011-04-11