Idriss Deby repeated the threat after a new clash with Boko Haram fighters in November in which 15 Chad troops were killed.

The region, comprising the four countries that surround Lake Chad -- Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria -- has been battling insurgency since 2009, after a spate of violent campaigns by the Boko Haram ...

With a ballooning population, armed insurgents, climate crisis, dwindling natural resources, and huge socio-economic ...

Heat, drought and floods are growing security risks, Western defense officials say, feeding instability and violence that ...

The federal government has disclosed that not less than 400,000 Nigerian refugees currently reside in Chad, Niger and Cameroon. The federal commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees ...

Niger State Government on Wednesday announced the rescue of 21 children who were being trafficked through the state to Niger Republic, Sudan, and Chad. Investigations revealed that the children ...

Nigeria has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Niger and Chad Republics in a landmark move to enhance regional trade and integration towards utilising the Funtua Inland Dry Port for ...

In March 1994, the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) set up the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) – comprising Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, joined by Benin – to combat insecurity in the ...

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Chad has been a key counterterrorism force in the region and was one of the last countries in which France maintained a large military presence. French forces have been ousted in recent years from ...