IFC to Support Maroc Telecom Subsidiaries in Chad, Mali with €370 million in Loans

Rabat – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced on Thursday a partnership with Maroc Telecom to support its subsidiaries in Chad and Mali through a two-loan program of €370 million. A statement from IFC said the partnership seeks to...

Russell Crowe to star opposite Henry Cavill in Chad Stahelski’s Highlander reboot

In Highlander, there can only be one. Still, adding actors to the cast of Henry Cavill’s upcoming reboot sounds like a good idea. According to Collider, Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe is officially joining the cast. The forthcoming reboot of...

Russell Crowe Arming Up Opposite Henry Cavill In Chad Stahelski’s ‘Highlander’ At Amazon MGM Studios & UA

Russell Crowe is boarding Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists’ Highlander in the Ramirez mentor role made famous by Sean Connery in the original 1986 movie. He joins already cast lead Henry Cavill. John Wick architect Chad Stahelski is helming...

Machete-wielding herders kill 17 women, children in Chad

An attack by herders armed with machetes has killed at least 17 people, all women and children, in a village in southwestern Chad, an official for the regional governor told AFP Friday. A dispute between nomadic Fulani herders and Ngambaye farmers...

Workers crush burnt agricultural waste at a 'green coal' production plant in Chad

20 killed in clashes in Chad

YAOUNDE, June 16 (Xinhua) -- At least 20 people have been killed and 16 others injured following some clashes in Chad, authorities said on Monday. In a statement, the country's communication ministry said the clashes ran from June 10 to 14 in...

World News in Brief: Ages in Haiti, Sudan War sees Exodus in Chad, Optimism for food trade

Between January 1 and May 30, at least 2,680 people – including 54 children – were killed, 957 injured, 316 kidnapped for ransom and many others subject to sexual violence and recruitment of children’s gangs. “Also alarming, the figures cannot...

Journalists in Chad Entitled to Pretrial Release

Last week marked three months since Olivier Monodji, editor of Le Pays and a correspondent for Radio France Internationale, and Mahamat Saleh Alhissein, a reporter with state broadcaster Télé Tchad, were arrested in Chad. There are other...

Chadian president holds emergency meeting after deadly incidents

YAOUNDE, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno held an emergency meeting on security and safety after some 50 people had been killed in deadly incidents since May, the presidency said in a statement Thursday. Mahamat noted...

9 Killed, 4 Injured in Armed Attack in Northeastern Nigeria

ABUJA - Nine people were killed and four others injured in an armed attack in northeast­ern Nigeria. Local authori­ties reported that Boko Haram militants launched an attack on the Malam Fatori area of Borno State, killing nine people and wounding...

Detained Chadian opposition leader Succes Masra begins hunger strike

Succes Masra, former Prime Minister of Chad and leader of the opposition party Les Transformateurs, began a hunger strike after more than a month in detention. The announcement came in a letter to his supporters, made public on June 24. “In...

Coups In West Africa Have Five Things In Common: Knowing What They Are Is K

August 2025 makes it five years since Malian soldiers ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in a coup d’état. While the event reshaped Mali’s domestic politics, it also marked the beginning of a broader wave of military takeovers that swept...

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Condemns Terrorist Attack On Military Site In Chad

(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, June 11, 2025/APO Group/ -- The UAE has condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that targeted a military site in Chad, which resulted in the deaths of a number of...

UAE condemns terrorist attack on military site in Chad

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) stressed that the UAE expresses its strong condemnation of these criminal and terrorist acts and its permanent rejection of all forms of extremism and terrorism aimed at undermining security...

Sudan’s Civil War Sparks Deepening Humanitarian Crisis in Chad

June 10, 2025 Hour: 2:30 pm The ongoing civil war in Sudan, now in its third year, has led to worsening food insecurity and a massive refugee influx into Chad, with over 1.2 million Sudanese seeking shelter in the country. The UN Special...

‘Chad Powers’ Boss Teases ‘Big Romance at the Heart’ of the Show

Glen Powell is keeping that romantic leading man energy alive in Chad Powers. The Anyone But You star returns to TV in the upcoming Hulu sports comedy to play the titular character. Naturally, Swooon had to get the scoop about whether or not Chad...

NAF Airstrikes Destroy Terrorist Training Site in Chad, Foil Attacks on Marte, Others

•Troops kill another terrorist kingpin, Malam Jidda, scores of others in Yobe Linus Alekein Abuja The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), yesterday, said the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai destroyed a terrorist training camp in the Lake Chad Region...

Chad Pittman To Lead Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department Starting August 11

Clearwater Names New Fire Chief CLEARWATER, Fla. – The City of Clearwater has selected Chad Pittman as the new Chief of the Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department. Pittman, who currently serves as chief at Largo Fire Rescue, will begin his new role...

How Global Fund is Saving Lives from Malaria, TB, & HIV across Africa

Africa, Development & Aid, Featured, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Credit: UNOCHA/Giles Clarke NEW YORK, Jul 7 2025 (IPS) - In Gabú, Guinea-Bissau, a...

Suspect re-arrested in Tipperary murder probe insists 'I am not the murderer'

The suspect arrested for the second time in connection with the death of Tipperary pensioner Josephine Ray insists that the Gardaí have 'got the wrong man.' Gardaí last week re-arrested Hassan Ali Gori as they continue their months-long...