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The Ngueli Bridge, which connects Ndjamena, the capital of Chad, to Kousseri, a town in the far north of Cameroon, is used every day by hundreds of people from both countries engaging in trade or acquire goods that they do not find at home.
Many Ndjamena College and High School girls, who usually sell cassava during the holidays, have once again put on their work clothes, after the end of the academic year, to crisscross the streets of the Chadian capital, carrying a dish of cassava tuber on the head.
If the two heavy rains that fell in N’Djaména in recent days irritated many residents of the Chadian capital who have difficulty moving around thanks to puddles, the same cannot be said of car washers.
nvestors from eight Arab countries (Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Oman, Qatar and Sudan), meeting in Ndjamena from 26 to 29 June 2019, have promised to secure 500 billion CFA francs for Chad.
Residents of Ndjamena, the Chadian capital, are currently captivated by the gaming fever, a phenomenon encouraged by the all-out launch on the national market of products like Premier Lotto, Yip Yip and Paris Foot.
Chadian Foreign Minister, Mahamat Zene Cherif, in a statement copied to APA on Tuesday, strongly reacted to the US Embassy’s comments on the countries electoral process, insisting that Ndjamena will, “under any excuse” allow any “interference in its internal affairs.”
The special criminal branch of the Ndjamena Court of Appeal has sentenced eleven Chadians to 20 years imprisonment, for attempted mercenary activities.
Chadian president Idriss Deby, who was receiving on Tuesday the wishes of the High Council of Islamic Affairs, on the occasion of the Eid-el-fitr, vowed to take to court “all incriminated people” in the recent conflicts between pastoralists and farmers, which broke out in the east of the country, leaving 50 people dead.
Chadian Airlines is on June 6 launching a new Ndjamena-Bangui route with two flights a week (Thursdays and Fridays), the national carrier told APA on Friday.
The Chadian government’s priorities include organizing elections this year in strict compliance with the regulatory blueprints, President Idriss Déby said in N’Djamena on Wednesday.