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Background: Chad, part of France's African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of civil warfare as well as invasions by Libya before a semblance of peace was finally restored in 1990. The government eventually suppressed or came to terms with most political-military groups, settled a territorial dispute with Libya on terms favorable to Chad, drafted a democratic constitution, and held multiparty presidential elections in 1996 and 1997. In 1998, a new rebellion broke out in northern Chad, which sporadically flares up despite two peace agreements signed in 2002 and 2003 between the government and the rebels. Despite movement toward democratic reform, power remains in the hands of an ethnic minority.




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By dingue2rep
November 23rd 2007
Off the beaten track Africa » Chad
River Road
River Road
The rain season turns roads to rivers.
Very few tourists come out this way, those that do, will never forget the experience... [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 24th 2007 | 261 Views | [diary=222166]

Oasis
Nomadic Dwelling
Public Transport

By Stuart
April 30th 2005
In bed with the roaches. Africa » Chad
The Cultural Centre Mao, Chad
The Cultural Centre Mao, Chad
Happy home to millions of Cockroaches
Chad is hard work. The roads are non existent. The police are uniformed criminals. The transport is slow and uncomfortable. Outside the capital the country lacks basic infrastructure. Chad was a French colony, but they didn't know what to do with it. They spent nothing on it. After independence the country descended into decades of civil war. The situation was made worse by the meddling of the French and Libyans. In 1980 Libyan forces briefly occupied the capital N'Djamena. The French forces drove the Libyans north leaving the country divided in two. The Libyans we [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 2nd 2005 | 5379 Views | [diary=7921]

Mao, Chad
N'Djamena, Chad
Immigration police stamps in my passport

Leaving Waza, we flew along decent roads till we got to Kousseri, the last town on the road to Chad. We stopped here for food, partly as Cameroon is meant to be cheaper than Chad, but also that Chad is meant to have less food available. Which I guess are tied together - less food makes what is available more expensive. Not that we used many SIFCAS rations either, just a few tins. At least, not while we were on the truck, but more on that later. Crossing the border was easy enough, actually leaving the border was harder. Lunch [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 27th 2003 | 208 Views | [diary=187742]

Near the Chad - Sudan border
Chad countryside
With the Economic trucks