By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on RFI
Clashes between the Chadian army and the Miski Self-Defence Committee broke out on 14 October in Tibesti, killing at least two officers from the mining brigade and injuring around a dozen people. Eighteen months after the April 2025 peace agreement, the army has deployed significant forces to the gold-producing region, RFI reports.
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An attack on the mining brigade in Miski leaves people dead and injured, as the opposition calls for an end to the fighting and four suspects face prosecution.
21 OctChad: four suspects prosecuted after attack on mining brigade in Miski20 OctChadian opposition calls for end to fighting in Miski15 OctAttack on Mining Brigade kills two and injures nine in MiskiAn attack attributed to Chad’s Miski self-defence committee against the Chadian Mining Brigade killed two officers and injured nine members of the security forces, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces. In a statement on 14 October 2026, the army demanded the group’s disarmament, citing agreements concluded with self-defence groups on 20 April 2025.
🇹🇩 Chad · Source: Alwihda Info ·
Chad’s democratic opposition is calling for an end to clashes in Miski, in Tibesti Province, and an independent inquiry into recent violence. In a statement issued in N’Djamena, it urged the government to implement the 20 April 2025 peace agreement and prioritise political dialogue, according to Alwihda Info.
🇹🇩 Chad · Source: Alwihda Info ·
The N’Djamena prosecutor’s office presented four suspects arrested after the 14 October attack on a mining brigade position in Miski, in Chad’s Tibesti Province. Authorities also displayed ten seized weapons, including two bazookas and two sniper rifles; the suspects are being prosecuted for murder, undermining the integrity of the state and criminal conspiracy, reports Journal du Tchad.
🇹🇩 Chad · Source: Journaldutchad ·
Chad and France have signed a declaration of intent to resume military cooperation, nearly two years after the departure of the French army. The project is being advanced by Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Mahamat Idriss Déby, who have held a series of meetings, France 24 reports.
🇹🇩 Chad · Source: France 24 ·
Two goumiers killed in ambush in SalamatTwo goumiers were killed on 21 October in an ambush targeting the convoy of Hassan Awat Mahadi, the sub-prefect of Mangueigne, in Salamat. The attack took place during an awareness mission on transhumance corridors and peaceful coexistence, according to security sources cited by Tchadinfos.
Tshisekedi leaves constitutional revision decision to his majority in 2028Félix Tshisekedi has left it to the Sacred Union of the Nation to decide whether or not to initiate a constitutional revision, with 2028 set as the deadline for his possible stay in power. The Congolese president also discussed the security situation and tensions with Joseph Kabila, according to Lepotentiel.The week in Africa
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