South Africa and Chad have announced they will recall diplomats from Israel for “consultation” in response to the Israel-Hamas conflict. “The South African government has decided to withdraw ...

Chad deployed dozens of security forces in the capital amid rising tensions on Monday as polls closed and vote counting began in the first presidential election in Africa's Sahel region since a ...

After a two-decade absence, at least one lion has returned to Chad’s Sena Oura National Park. ... Their populations are especially “small and fragmented” in west and central Africa, ...

Chad has been run by Mahamat Idriss Déby since April 2021, when his father, Idriss Déby, was killed on the battlefield by rebels. The older man had seized power in an armed rebellion in 1990.

But the preliminary results announced by Chad’s National Elections Management Agency depicted a resounding victory for the other side. Mr. Déby, it said, won 61 percent of the vote, and Mr ...

The U.S. is looking to work with West African countries to counter regional terrorist threats after American forces were told to leave Niger and Chad, commander of the U.S. military in Africa said.

Protesters react as a man holds up a sign demanding that U.S. soldiers leave Niger during a demonstration in Niamey in April 2024. (AFP via Getty Images) The U.S. has restarted talks over the ...

The Central African nation’s May 6 election appears to offer voters a choice. But it’s been masterminded, analysts say, to rubber-stamp the rule of the incumbent, Mahamat Idriss Déby.