Chad
Republic of Chad
République du Tchad
CAPITAL: N'Djamena (formerly Fort-Lamy)
FLAG: The flag is a tricolor of blue, yellow, and red vertical stripes.
ANTHEM: La Tchadienne begins ...
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Chad - Idriss Déby
Idriss DébyPresident
(pronounced "IH-driss DEH-bee")
"I am the president of all Chadians…any development effort is only possible in na...
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Chad
Chad straddles the Sahara desert. It is a landlocked country of 1,284,000 square kilometers (495,625 square miles) with serious problems of water supply and soil quality. Chad is the fifth poores...
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Chad
POPULATION 8,997,237MUSLIM 40 percentAFRICAN INDIGENOUS BELIEFS 30 percentCHRISTIANITY 29.9 percentOTHER (JEHOVAH'S WITNESS, BAHAI) 0.1 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
The Repub...
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Area: 1,284,000 sq km (495,755 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 9,944,000, excluding more than 200,000 refugees from
The Sudan
Capital:
N'Djamena
Chief of state:
President Lieut. Gen.
Idriss
D...
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Feb 1 (Reuters) - Chadian rebels and government army units
fought on Friday outside the capital N'Djamena, forcing European
peacekeepers to delay deployment to the central African country. Followi...
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A Belgian pilot and three Spanish flight crew were set free Friday by authorities in Chad who had accused them of complicity in a plot to kidnap 103 children and take them to France for adoption.On...
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New Yorkers know there's no place quite like this city. And those who follow New York politics know that campaigns here have their own unique rules and rituals. Suffice to say, New York is not the ...
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The U.N. chief won Chad's backing for a Darfur peace conference during a visit Friday to this poverty-stricken central African nation that has become home to tens of thousands of refugees fleeing t...
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Feb 2 (Reuters) - Rebels entered the Chadian capital
N'Djamena on Saturday, according to a foreign resident in
the city. The French and U.S. embassies were preparing to
evacuate their citizens. Fo...
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A hijacker seized a Sudanese passenger plane carrying 103 people on Wednesday and forced the pilot at gunpoint to fly to the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, where he surrendered, officials said.Saif Om...
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N'DJAMENA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Chadian authorities on Friday
released three members of a Spanish air crew who had been
detained over an attempt to fly 103 African children to Europe,
a Reuters witne...
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