Landlocked Chad has seemingly added at least four Chinese Caihong-4 (CH-4) unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) to its air power inventory. Footage taken at the Chadian…
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Chad and France appear to be reviving a longstanding military partnership that N’Djamena abruptly ended in November 2024. The rapprochement reflects enduring mutual interests, but also…
Chad has reestablished its military relationship with France nearly 18 months after demanding that French forces leave the country in a dispute over intelligence-sharing in the…
A series of explosions in Bujumbura, Burundi’s economic capital, began around 6:15 p.m. on 31 March and did not end until about midnight. The blasts killed…
Fatalities and violent events linked to militant Islamist groups in Africa sustained near record pace, with the Sahel and Somalia accounting for 79 percent of related…
Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on 31 December 2024 that all foreign military bases in his country would close by 2025. On the same day,…
Niger has suspended its participation in the Multinational Joint Task Force, and Chad has threatened to withdraw. In March 1994, the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC)…
The Sahel region of Africa, between the Sahara and the tropical savannahs to the south, has emerged as a significant base of groups that want to…
The United States military has completed its withdrawal from Niger after 11 years of military cooperation with the west African country. This follows a major disagreement…
For over six decades, Chad was a crucial ally to French and US forces in their counter-insurgency operations in the Sahel. But both lost influence because…
Operation Lake Sanity has had some success against Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin, but the insurgents will soon adapt to the new military tactics.…
Last week’s joint steering committee of the Lake Chad basin-based Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) heard the force’s Operation Lake Sanity 2 in recent weeks recorded…
It has emerged that Chad’s military is now operating Aksungur unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), adding to the growing list of Turkish-supplied military equipment. Video released on…
Kidnappers have terrorised Chad’s southern Mayo-Kebbi West and Logone Oriental provinces for over two decades. Between 2020 and 2023, the number of victims and overall amount…
US Marine Corps General Michael Langley, Commander, US Africa Command, and Sergeant Major Michael Woods have visited Chad to discuss security collaboration with Chadian military leaders.…
