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Chad’s interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby has signed a decree declaring a food and nutrition emergency in the country. “This decision follows the constant deterioration of the food and nutritional situation this year and taking into account the growing risk to populations if no humanitarian aid…is provided,” read the decree. …

Chadian police fired tear gas and used water canon to disperse hundreds of protesters who took to the streets of the capital and other towns in an anti-French protest that saw the destruction of some French-linked businesses. The protest was called by Chadian civil society coalition Wakit Tamma to denounce …

Chad’s interim president, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, has quarantined himself as a precautionary measure after members of his staff tested positive for coronavirus. He made the announcement on Sunday after returning from France where he attended the Paris Peace Forum and a conference on Libya. “When we arrived this evening …