Chad's Public Security Minister, Ahmat Mahamat Bashir, has banned the use of Land Cruiser pick-ups and reserved them "exclusively for military use," in a press statement on Tuesday following their frequent use by rebel forces to oppose the government of President Idriss Deby....read more »

A UN team left Chad on Tuesday after talks on withdrawing a UN military mission from Chad and the neighbouring Central African Republic, sources said, without giving details of the discussions....read more »

Chad has told the United Nations peacekeeping mission to withdraw its soldiers and civilians, and wants a timetable for ending a deployment which the government never fully accepted, diplomats said on Thursday....read more »

Chad has asked the United Nations not to renew the mandate of the world body's mission in the central African country in March, a Chadian official told Reuters on Monday....read more »

Chadian air force jets bombarded rebel positions in a region bordering Sudan and the Central African Republic, a rebel source said on Saturday....read more »

Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno called Friday on rebel forces in the troubled central African nation to lay down their weapons, saying constant conflict was hindering development.

"War is not the solution," the president in his New Year address.

"Today, conditions are more than ripe for everyone to satisfy their political ambitions through the ballot box."...read more »

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian armed forces called in air support during clashes with rebels in the east of the country, the first such fighting since May, both sides confirmed on Tuesday....read more »

Chadian government forces have launched air strikes and ground assaults against rebels in the east of the country, in the first major fighting since May....read more »

The UN says that six aid organisations have halted their work in Chad because of the risk of their staff being abducted or killed....read more »

A French employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been abducted by armed men in eastern Chad, the organisation says....read more »