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Chad under water

by IRIN | 0 » | Aug27 10

DAKAR - Flooding across Chad has destroyed homes, crops, livestock, wells and latrines in communities already pummelled by food ...

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Beyond Superficial Stability

by International Crisis Group | 0 » | Aug17 10

The approaching elections could be important steps toward reviving democracy in Chad, but only if President Idriss Déby opens political ...

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The problems of demining in Chad

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun18 10

N'DJAMENA - Almost US$27 million - half from donor funds and the rest from the government - was invested ...

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Green wall starts to grow

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun17 10

N'DJAMENA - For decades, the government in Chad saw the environment as "the white man's problem" said Minister of ...

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Demining survey launched in Chad

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun16 10

N'DJAMENA - Nine years after an international NGO identified 249 communities in Chad living near landmines - putting at ...

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Lake Chad’s water woes

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun14 10

FITINÉ - Finding clean water is as difficult for people living on the islands in Lake Chad as it ...

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When the cattle die, so does wealth

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun14 10

MAO - In rural Chad cattle are currency, the down-payment on ceremonies, a savings plan during sickness and emergency ...

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Aid agencies anxious over peacekeepers possible exit

by IRIN | 0 » | Jan20 10

DAKAR, 20 January 2010 (IRIN) - Aid workers in volatile eastern Chad are anxiously watching discussions over the possible ...

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Between an IDP camp and unsafe home

by IRIN | 0 » | Oct22 09

GOZ BEIDA, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) - The UN Refugee Agency is colour-coding villages red, yellow and green in ...

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Chad: The Oil Effect?

by International Crisis Group | 0 » | Sep18 09

Chad is just the latest impoverished nation to discover that politics can turn the blessing of oil into a curse. ...

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