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Jail Term Sought In Paris Graft Trial of E. Guinea VP
Paris prosecutors said Wednesday they were seeking a three-year jail term and a 30-million-euro ($34 million) fine for...
E. Guinea VP Says French Case Against Him Fabricated
Teodorin Obiang, Equatorial Guinea's vice president and son of its leader, denounced a French legal case against him...
Chad Leader Says Glencore Oil Contract Was Irresponsible
Chad President Idriss Deby said Sunday his country had been "irresponsible" in striking oil for cash deals with Swiss...
Why Are Sahel Countries Deploying An Anti-Jihad Force?
France has asked the UN Security Council to authorise the deployment of a five-nation African military force to fight...
EU To Give 50 Million Euros For African Force In Sahel
The EU is giving 50 million euros to set up a joint African military force in the Sahel region to fight jihadists, the...
Frenchman Kidnapped In Chad Freed In Sudan
A French mineworker who was kidnapped in Chad and taken to neighbouring Sudan has been freed after more than six weeks...
Desert Warlord Turned Brutal Tyrant
A desert warfare specialist, Chad's Hissene Habre seized power in 1982 and quickly embraced the role of ruthless...
UN Envoys Plan Paris Conference To Aid Chad
UN envoys on a mission to the Lake Chad region said Saturday that a conference would soon be held in Paris aimed at...
Inside the African Union Race
It is the morning after the night before and the cold chill of the night have lifted. At the African Union headquarters...
4 Chadian Troops Killed In Boko Haram Attack
N'Djamena (AFP) - Nigeria's Boko Haram jihadists have killed four Chadian soldiers in a cross-border raid in the...
4 Chad Troops Killed By ‘Boko Haram Mine’
N'Djamena (AFP) - Four Chadian soldiers have been killed after a mine planted by Boko Haram Islamists destroyed their...