Mediation by the African Union’s High-Level Panel on Sudan could end the warmongering and strengthen regional security.

Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin on ...

But she will travel to the African country for three days ... consist of a trip to Amdjarass, a small town in north-eastern Chad that is the stronghold of the Déby family, which has held power ...

has distanced Chad from its former colonial ruler, France, and fostered stronger ties with Russia. Moscow has expanded its influence in Africa through mercenary groups like Wagner, which operate ...

A Sahelian and landlocked country in Central Africa, Chad faces security challenges related to conflicts in neighboring countries, as well as the consequences of climate change, particularly the ...

South Sudan and Chad have condemned threats made by a top Sudanese general, warning of the risk of regional escalation.

KOULKIMÉ, Chad — Alhadji Yaro was a teenager when Boko Haram militants stormed onto his island in the vast, blue-green waters of Lake Chad and made villagers an offer at gunpoint. “‘We will ...

The agreement, formalized on March 20, 2025, in N'Djamena, Chad, aims to restore the basin’s ecological health and promote economic resilience in the region.

At the meeting were governors from the Far North region of ... namely Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Benin in combating Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).

Analysis - ISWAP's enhanced operations and use of drone attacks represent a turning point for counter-terrorism in the region.

The Lake Chad region has been repeatedly attacked by militant groups, including Islamic State in West Africa and Boko Haram ... whose vast desert north is crossed by migrants and traffickers.