N’DJAMENA, Chad — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation ...

Set in a dry and dusty landscape, Mongo is a town of 40,000 people, in Chad, a landlocked country in central Africa. Average life expectancy, at 51, is about 30 years lower than in the UK.

It's the story hardly anyone in America is talking about. One of Africa’s longest-serving presidents, Idriss Déby of Chad (who had ruled for 30 years) was recently killed in a battle against ...

Eighteen attackers were killed on the spot, and the body of one attacker was found Thursday morning on the city’s streets ... The attack took place after Chad's government on Wednesday ...

N’Djamena, Chad – Chad’s capital city is still smarting after deadly ... a stagnant economy and harsh climate put it on the list of Africa’s poorest countries. Those who seize power ...

Chad's Constitutional Council has ignored opposition calls to set aside results of last month’s parliamentary elections for gross irregularities and fraud, and proclaimed the ruling party of ...

Chad had been a key link in France’s military presence in Africa and its last foothold in the wider Sahel region after the withdrawal of French troops from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in the ...

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 ...

Chad's ruling party won two-thirds of the seats ... closer ties with Russia after a string of coups in West and Central Africa's Sahel region.