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Three killed in foiled Chad coup

Agence France-PresseMay 2, 2013 19:31
At least three people were killed in a foiled coup attempt in Chad, the foreign minister said Thursday, and several arrested over the plot in the chronically unstable former French colony. Security services had for months been monitoring "a group of individuals who were preparing a plot against the state's institutions" and swooped on one of their meetings in the capital on Wednesday, Moussa Faki said.

Chad factfile

Agence France-PresseMay 2, 2013 11:15
Chad, where a foiled coup attempt left several people dead, is a poor, mainly desert country in north-central Africa with a history of instability. Key facts: LOCATION: At 1,284,000 square kilometres (495,800 square miles), Chad is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south and Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger to the west. POPULATION: 11.5 million (2011, World Bank). CAPITAL: N'Djamena. LANGUAGES: French and Arabic. RELIGIONS: Islam (53 percent), Christianity (30 percent, animist (20 percent.

'Several killed' in apparent foiled coup in Chad

Agence France-PresseMay 2, 2013 09:45
A foiled coup attempt in Chad has left several people dead while a number of others have been arrested in connection with what the government described as a "destabilisation plot" in the landlocked central African country, police sources said Thursday. A shootout broke out on the outskirts of the capital N'Djamena on Wednesday when security forces came to arrest the alleged conspirators, leaving "several dead and around 15 injured", a police source said on condition of anonymity.

Chad foils apparent coup plot

Agence France-PresseMay 2, 2013 08:45
Chad has arrested a group of people for conspiring in what the government described as a "destabilisation plot" in the landlocked central African country, which has a history of instability. The government serving under President Idris Deby Itno, who himself came to power in a 1990 coup, said a "small group" was involved while police and opposition sources said one of the detainees was an opposition lawmaker. The situation appeared calm in the Chadian capital on Thursday, with residents going about their usual day-to-day activities normally.

Chad foils apparent coup plot

Agence France-PresseMay 2, 2013 07:00
Chad has arrested a group of people for conspiring in what the government described as a "destabilisation plot" in the landlocked central African country, which has a history of instability. The government serving under President Idris Deby Itno, who himself came to power in a 1990 coup, said a "small group" was involved while police and opposition sources said one of the detainees was an opposition lawmaker. A police source added that soldiers and civilians also took part in the alleged plot.

Chad to withdraw troops from Mali

April 15, 2013 15:20
Chad's parliament voted overwhelmingly Monday for a gradual withdrawal of troops from Mali where 36 have died in a French-led campaign to oust armed Islamists from the north of the country. Lawmakers were nearly unanimous in asking government to withdraw its 2,250 troops "within a reasonable timeframe". Speaking at the session, Prime Minister Dadnadji Djimrangar said: "We paid a heavy price for this noble mission."

Three Chadian soldier killed in north Mali suicide bombing

April 12, 2013 07:30
By Cheick Diouara GAO (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed three Chadian soldiers on Friday morning at a market in the northern Mali town of Kidal, a Chadian military official and three witnesses said. Chadian and French soldiers have been stationed in the desert town since late January to fight Islamist rebels hiding in the region's mountainous borderlands.

Ousted C.Africa president says Chad aided rebels

April 2, 2013 20:15
The Central African Republic's recently toppled president Francois Bozize on Tuesday accused neighbouring Chad of helping the Seleka rebel coalition that ousted him. "On Saturday March 23 we had destroyed Seleka forces but overnight into Sunday 24, we knew that there had been support from an African country, which I inevitably believe was Chad," Bozize said in an interview with BBC Africa.

Nepalese, Indian killed in C.Africa airport shooting: France

March 28, 2013 11:16
Two men from Nepal and India were shot dead by French troops guarding the airport of the capital of the Central African Republic after a coup, the French defence ministry said Thursday. Paris had earlier said two Indian nationals had died in Monday's shooting when the soldiers opened fire on a car that came hurtling towards them even after they fired warning shots. A three-car convoy consisting of the two civilians and Chadian policemen were targeted in the attack, general staff spokesman Colonel Thierry Burkhard told reporters.

Chad rebel group UFR to resume fighting: leader

March 21, 2013 12:47
The main rebel coalition in Chad, the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR), said Thursday it was resuming its fight against President Idriss Deby Itno's regime. "We have decided to resume the struggle. An armed struggle, of course," Timan Erdimi, a key leader of the group, told AFP from Qatar, where he is in exile. The UFR had laid down its weapons after a 2009 peace deal between Chad and Sudan, which normalised relations after years of accusations that each country was supporting rebels in the other. But Erdimi said his group had been excluded from the peace negotiations.
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