Chad’s ruling party took the majority of votes in last month’s parliamentary election that the main opposition party boycotted.

State media in Chad say an attack on the presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded.

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Chad's ruling party has secured two-thirds of National Assembly seats amid a boycotted legislative election, solidifying President Mahamat Idriss Deby's power. The recent transition to constitutional rule follows Deby's controversial rise to power after his father's death.

France is set to withdraw its military forces from Chad, following a recent attack on the presidential palace. Despite this, President Idriss Deby claims Chad's security is assured. Is he hiding some facts?

Armed men tried to storm Chad's presidential palace when President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno was inside but 18 attackers and two soldiers were killed in the failed attack, the national prosecutor said Thursday. Deby denounced what he called an attempt to ...

Chad's ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement, led by President Mahamat Idriss Deby, has secured a majority of seats in the parliamentary election that was held in December, Al Jazeera reported on ...

Two dozen armed men tried to storm into Chad's presidential palace but 18 of the attackers and two soldiers were killed in the failed attack, the national prosecutor said Thursday.Heavy gunfire erupted near the presidential complex just before 8:00 pm local time (1900 GMT) on Wednesday in the centre of N'Djamena,

N’DJAMENA, Chad — Chad’s ruling party took the ... was the last stage of the country's transition to democracy after Mahamat Idriss Deby took power as a military ruler in 2021.

An attack on Chad’s presidential palace left 18 assailants ... The attack on Wednesday night occurred while Chadian President Mahamat Deby Itno was inside the palace, but authorities said ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad — Chad’s ruling party took the ... was the last stage of the country’s transition to democracy after Mahamat Idriss Deby took power as a military ruler in 2021.