Chad

Chad: ICRC Annual Report 2012

Published by on July 1, 2013

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) July 2013 CONTEXT Chad continued to experience relative stability throughout 2012, following the end of armed conflict at the close of 2009 and recon-ciliation between the government and a number of armed groups. The overall security situation, notably in the east, was also less volatile, although incidents of banditry and occasional and localized intercommunal tensions persisted. Neighbouring countries, however, continued to experience instability, prompting some Chadians to return home, particularly from Nigeria, and limiting the prospect of return of some 350,000 refugees from the Central African Republic (hereafter CAR) and Sudan. The reform Read the full article…

Chad: The Failed States Index 2013: The Troubled Ten

Published by on June 24, 2013

Fund for Peace By J. J. Messner & Kendall Lawrence 24 June 2013 Chad Although Chad shifted down one slot on the FSI this year because of the addition of South Sudan, its actual individual score worsened. Throughout 2012, Chad received large numbers of refugees from both Sudan and the Central African Republic as a result of their internal conflicts and growing humanitarian crises. Its own number of IDPs increased by an estimated 90,000 individuals over the year with the government having little to no capacity to address the additional needs created by the increase in refugees and IDPs. There Read the full article…

Chad: Beyond Superficial Stability

Published by on August 20, 2010

International Crisis Group, 17 Aug 2010 The approaching elections could be important steps toward reviving democracy in Chad, but only if President Idriss Déby opens political space for the opposition beforehand. Chad: Beyond Superficial Stability , the latest report from the International Crisis Group, highlights the country’s chance to escape the political and military crisis of the last five years. That seemed a distant hope in May 2009, when a coalition of insurgents, the Union of Resistance Forces (Union des forces de la résistance, UFR), launched a major attack on government troops, but its defeat put an end to the Read the full article…