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Why Polio is So Hard to Eliminate in Chad
Poor-quality emergency immunization campaigns and low routine polio immunization coverage are helping the polio virus to spread in Chad, with 132 cases reported in 2011 – five times the number in 2010. More commitment is needed across the board,...
Lake Chad Basin Recedes to an All-time Low
The Lake Chad Basin has been shrinking from 250,000 square kilometers to 2,500 square kilometers since the 1960s thanks to the negative effects of climate change, Mr. Sanusi Abdullahi, Executive Secretary, Lake Chad Basin Commission, told APA in Abuja...
Chad Keen on Securing Membership of the Economic Community of West African States
Visiting Chadian President, Idris Derby on Monday in Abuja said his country was keen about securing membership of the Economic Community of West African States.
Cholera Soars in Lake Chad Basin Countries
Cholera has killed at least 1,200 people this year in the countries surrounding Lake Chad – Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria; the illness, linked primarily to poor sanitation and lack of potable water, has struck some 38,800 people in the region...
Former Chadian Leader Hissene Habre to be Extradited From Senegal to Chad
Former Chadian leader Hissene Habre, a refugee in Senegal since his ouster from power in 1990 by Idriss deby, will be extradited to his home country on Monday via a special flight chartered by the Senegalese government, said Friday a private radio station...
Children Unprotected As Polio in Chad Spreads
As polio strikes more and more people in Chad – 68 cases so far this year – tens of thousands of children are unprotected largely due to flaws in how vaccination campaigns are run.
Libya Unrest Cuts ‘critical’ Aid Route to Chad
Unrest in Libya has cut off a 3,000km supply route the World Food Programme has used since 2004 to bring food to tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees and displaced Chadians in eastern Chad.
Cameroon And Chad to Launch Railway Projects
Chad and Cameroon plan “in the near future, to build an interconnection railway to facilitate the flow of goods” between the two countries, Chad’s Foreign Minister, Integration and International Cooperation, Moussa Faki Mahamat has said. How People...
