Chad

Chad

First trucks carrying sugar for school meals for Kanem (in the west of the country) and Guéra (central Chad) arrived in N’Djamena last week and all is being done to get food positioned in these regions by 15 November. The...

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Chad: Aid Needed For Returning Refugees

Replies: 0 Last poster: Mforgham at 20-11-2009 12:58 Topic is Open Solomon Tembang Mforgham Some 18,000 Chadians returning to their villagers after fleeing inter-communal violence and a spill-over of the conflict from...

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A boy carries bricks on his head at a riverside factory where ...

A boy carries bricks on his head at a riverside factory where mud is fired in kilns to produce building materials on the outskirts of Chad's capital N'Djamena, May 31 2008. Many children are used as cheap labour transporting...

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U.N. says Cambodian troops to aid in Chad

N'DJAMENA, Chad, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The United Nations said Thursday 42 Cambodian troops have arrived in Chad to provide security and humanitarian help there and in the Central African Republic. The United Nations said in a...

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Counterterrorism in Africa

Assistant Secretary Carson (Nov. 17): "While the security challenges in the Sahel are not new, several attacks in recent months against African and western targets have drawn additional focus to the situation. Key countries in...

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Africa: Winners and Losers In Corruption Stakes

Cape TownBotswana continues to be seen as Africa’s least corrupt, and Somalia as the continent’s – and the world’s – most corrupt country, according to a new survey published this week. But Botswana comes in at only 37th...

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The plight of mothers and babies in Sierra Leone

Nov 18 2009 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail MICHAEL TETTEY and his family have become accustomed to the sound of people wailing in grief. Missionaries Mr Tettey and his wife Joanne gave up their lives in the UK two years...

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Tony Sparano Q&A: Pat White won't switch to WR

"No. our job right now with Pat White is to get Pat White to be the best quarterback he can be. He has this other role for us that we know now, and there's some jobs he can do that way. To take Pat White right now and put him...

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CORRUPTION: Afghanistan, Iraq Near Bottom of Transparency Index

WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (IPS) - Despite billions of dollars spent by the U.S. and other countries to improve governance in Afghanistan and Iraq, the two countries remain among the world's most corrupt nations, according to the...

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Africa: PAP - The Long Walk to South Africa

Before this reporter was invited to South Africa a little more than a month ago, the Pan-African Parliament also known as PAP had a vague semblance of value to her. Despite the intensity with which she endeavours to get...

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