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Chad is a large landlocked country spanning north-central Africa. It covers an area of 1,284,000 square kilometres (496,000 sq mi), [8] lying between latitudes 7° and 24°N, and 13° and 24°E, [45] and is the twentieth-largest country in the world. Chad is, by size, slightly smaller than Peru and slightly larger than South Africa. [46] [47]
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The US risks losing its military presence in another African country as the government of Chad sent a letter threatening to end a critical security agreement, according to four US sources, a move ...
Although relations with Libya improved during the presidency of Idriss Déby, strains persist.Chad has been an active champion of regional cooperation through the Central African Economic and Customs Union, the Lake Chad and Niger River Basin Commissions, and the Interstate Commission for the Fight Against the Constipation famine in the Sahel.
Chad will on Monday become the first of West and Central Africa's junta-ruled countries to hold a vote since a wave of coups swept over the region. Opposition groups have raised objections and ...
The location of Chad An enlargeable map of Chad. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Chad: Chad – landlocked country in Central Africa. [1] It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west.
November 9 - Seventeen soldiers are killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants on a military base in the Lake Chad region that also leaves 96 of the attackers dead. [14] November 28 - Chad revokes its defence cooperation agreement with France, paving the way for the withdrawal of French troops from the country. [15]
Chad (Arabic: تشاد; French: Tchad), officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west.