With more than 340 million people speaking French, the language of Molière and Werenoi is one of the most spoken in the world. The fifth precisely, so that it exceeds – far – the borders of the national territory. And it continues to progress thanks to speakers in African countries. As the demographic and statistical … Read more
To vaccinate children threatened by an epidemic of measles in central Mali, health workers did not only face the muddy roads in the last rainy season: they had to negotiate their passage with jihadist groups that hold the villages under their thumb. “First they categorically refused. For them, vaccines are vectors of diseases ”says Moussa, … Read more
In front of the ocher brick house, made up of a single room without furniture where she lives with her mother, her sister and her brother, in the hamlet of Begaga, in the south of Chad, Gisèle Djinodji, 16, is squatting in the corner fire. She stirs the browning onions in an aluminum casserole dish. … Read more
A mysterious commando attacked the Chadian presidential palace in N’Djamena on Wednesday January 8 evening and left at least one dead before being decimated, with 18 of its 24 members killed, according to the government which cited an attack by “nickel-plated foot” drugged and alcoholic. “The situation is completely under control. (…) This entire attempt … Read more
A putsch shook power on Wednesday evening in Chad. An armed commando attacked the presidential palace in the capital N’Djamena and left at least one dead before being decimated, with 18 of its 24 members killed. “The situation is completely under control. (…) This entire attempt at destabilization has been eradicated,” declared Abderaman Koulamallah, government … Read more
“I think we forgot to say thank you,” Emmanuel Macron said on Monday about African leaders and France’s military intervention in the Sahel “against terrorism since 2013.” “None of them would be with a sovereign country if the French army had not been deployed in this region,” he added during the conference of ambassadors in … Read more
” Contempt “ et “neocolonial paternalism”: the words of President Macron considering in particular that African leaders had “forgot to say thank you” in Paris for its intervention in the Sahel continued to cause controversy on Tuesday, in Africa but also in France. The Chadian president expressed his « indignation » and estimated that Emmanuel … Read more
In a swirl of dust ignited by the last rays of sun, the Chadian jockeys launch their horses after a six-month break, in front of a thousand spectators gathered along the oval track traced a few days earlier in the gray sand. This year, Chad’s traditional horse racing season opened at the end of November … Read more
French fighter planes, which in the past have often intervened in support of Chadian power, left N’Djamena on Tuesday, the first step in the historic withdrawal of the French army from Chad after more than sixty years of military cooperation. The departure of the Mirage follows Chad’s announcement at the end of November, on the … Read more
France “takes note” of the termination of the military cooperation agreement with Chad, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Christophe Lemoine, said soberly this Friday evening. “For almost two years, France has begun reflection and dialogue with its partners on the reconfiguration of its military systems in Africa,” he recalled. He added: “In … Read more