By Saleyne Mahamat Djarma
MANDJAFAR, CHAD — In the quiet village of Mandjafar, tucked along the dusty plains of southern Chad, a group of children gathers each morning beneath a simple straw-roofed structure....
Richard Atimniraye Nyelade, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Fatima, a fisherwoman on Lake Chad, sets out at dawn not just to make a living from the shrinking waters, but to pay a “tax”. Before casting...
By Mariam Djimet Nour
ENNEDI PLATEAU, CHAD — In the wind-worn sandstone of northeastern Chad, the past speaks in ochre and shadow.
High above the desert floor, tucked into caves and overhangs carved by millennia of erosion, are the silent testaments of early civilization—rock paintings and engravings that stretch back more than 8,000 years. Camels, giraffes, warriors, dancers. Each image, etched in mineral pigment or chiseled with stone tools, reflects a life once vibrant in what is now one of the most remote and arid corners of the planet.
This is the Ennedi Plateau—often called the “open-air museum” of the Sahara. Once forgotten by the world, it is now stepping into...
By Roukaya Mahamat Nour
N’DJAMENA, CHAD — On a sunlit morning in the capital’s bustling neighborhood of Moursal, a kaleidoscope of colors sweeps through...
By Abdelkerim Moussa Brahim
N’DJAMENA, CHAD — In the heart of N’Djamena’s Chagoua neighborhood, the buzz of motorbikes blends with the click of keyboards. A team of young Chadian developers,...
Thierry Vircoulon, Université Paris Cité - 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, the Ivorian president said France would hand over control of the Abidjan military base to his country’s army.
These announcements followed the planned withdrawal of French forces from Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali and...
By Abdelkerim Moussa Brahim
N’DJAMENA, CHAD — In the heart of N’Djamena’s Chagoua neighborhood, the buzz of motorbikes blends with the click of keyboards. A team of young Chadian developers, seated in a modest...
By Achta Ngarmbatina Koumtog
N’DJAMENA, CHAD — As the morning sun climbs over the city’s low skyline, 35-year-old entrepreneur Delphine Ngarlemdana opens the doors to her tailoring workshop in N’Djamena’s Walia district. Inside,...
By Djimet Issa Mahamat
BOLOM, CHAD — In the shimmering early light, pirogues glide quietly across the placid surface of Lake Chad. For the first time in decades, the water stretches wider, reflecting...
By Fatimé Mahamat Ngarayo
BITKINE, CHAD — As twilight descends over the central Chadian town of Bitkine, a warm...
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