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A G5 Sahel summit opened in the Chadian capital N’Djamena on Monday, without the physical presence of the French president who is participating by videoconference.
Chad’s President Idriss Deby, in an address to the Nation Wednesday evening, pledged, as part of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, to provide social and economic assistance to the populations and other economic operators to enable them to cope with the crisis.
Chad’s Army Operation dubbed “Anger of Boma” that was launched at the end of March against the terrorist sect Boko Haram in the islands of Lake Chad ended yesterday with 52 Chadian soldiers killed and a thousand terrorists neutralized, the Army said.
News of the temporary release of former Chadian president Hissène Habré by the Senegalese justice system over Covid-19 fears was on Tuesday very badly received in N’Djamena by victims of his regime (1982-1990).
The Chadian government imposed on Thursday a curfew on five provinces, including the capital, Ndjamena.
The Chadian army on Monday launched a military operation dubbed “Colère de Boma” against Boko Haram insurgents on the islands of Lake Chad.
Chadian head of state, Idriss Deby, has decreed a three-day national mourning after the killing of 92 soldiers on Monday by elements of the Boko Haram sect.
The violent fighting between Chadian soldiers positioned in the Lake Chad region and Boko Haram insurgents has left about hundred people dead.
Chad has confirmed being hit by a first Covid-19 case, the government said Thursday in a press release copied to APA.
Authorities in Chad have quarantined Air France passengers who arrived on Sunday night at the Hassan Djamous International Airport in Ndjamena, the ministry of public health said.