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• Chad Orders French Troops to Leave Within Six Weeks As Relations Sour
  [RFI] French soldiers have been asked to leave Chad by 31 January, sources close to the government in Paris say - a deadline that RFI was able to confirm with Chadian authorities.
• Chadian Election Officials Ask Military for Protection Ahead of Vote
  [VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Chad's electoral commission has asked the central African state's military to help protect election officials and candidates amid a spike in attacks ahead of Dec. 29 elections.
• 'I Came to Help My Sisters' - As Chad Grapples With Record Floods and a Refugee Crisis, Midwives Are Bridging the Divide
  [UNFPA] "The water ruined everything - the rice, the money... Everything is under water." In October 2024, Gloria Nadjitessem, 31, lost her home in Chad's capital N'Djamena to devastating floods that submerged towns across the country.
• Floods 2024 - N'Djamena's Resilience Thanks to Preventive Measures
  [World Bank] STORY HIGHLIGHTS
• Cattle Rustling - a Lifeline for Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin
  [ISS] Insurgents fund their activities through stealing cows - making it more difficult to address organised crime and terrorism.
• Will Chad Deal the Final Blow Against French Military Presence in Africa's Sahel?
  [People's Dispatch] Popular forces struggling against French neocolonialism in Chad explain to Peoples Dispatch the conjuncture that brought the Chadian president to end military ties with former colonizer France.
• Chad's Break With France - Why It Happened and What It Means for Power Dynamics in the Sahel Region
  [The Conversation Africa] For over six decades, Chad was a crucial ally to French and US forces in their counter-insurgency operations in the Sahel. But both lost influence because of repeated mistakes.
• Chad Military Frees Abducted Cameroonians, While Troops Deployed to Secure Border
  [VOA] Yaounde -- Chad's military says it has deployed several hundred troops along the border with Cameroon to stop rebels from abducting civilians after armed men kidnapped a dozen Cameroonians, including a popular traditional ruler this week. Chad's military has freed the kidnap victims but says troops need civilian help to stop a wave of […]
• France Begins Withdrawing Military Troops From Chad
  [RFI] France's military presence in Chad has ended following the departure of two combat jets and a tanker aeroplane from the capital N'Djamena.
• Authorities Must Release Acquitted Relatives of Killed Opposition Leader and Ensure Fair Trial Rights for Those Sentenced
  [AI London] The Chadian authorities must immediately release 10 relatives of killed opposition leader Yaya Dillo Djerou who are still detained in Koro Toro maximum security prison, despite their acquittal in July of charges following an attack by security forces on the headquarters of Djerou's political party in February, Amnesty International said today.