People injured in Ngoura conflict evacuated to N’Djamena
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on N'Djaména Actu
People injured in the 30 October intercommunal conflict in Ngoura, Hadjer-Lamis province, have been evacuated to La Renaissance University Hospital in N’Djamena. Chad’s Health Minister, Abdelmadjid Abderahim, visited the emergency department on 31 October and said their treatment would continue, N’Djaména Actu reports.
Several people injured in the intercommunal conflict that broke out on Friday 30 October 2026 in Ngoura, in Chad’s Hadjer-Lamis province, are being treated at La Renaissance University Hospital in N’Djamena, N'Djaména Actu reports. Public Health Minister Dr Abdelmadjid Abderahim visited the emergency department on Saturday 31 October to learn about their condition and the care they were receiving.
The minister met medical and paramedical teams and praised their mobilisation since the first injured people arrived, according to N'Djaména Actu. He reaffirmed that patients would be treated without distinction, including at other hospitals.
The evacuation follows the intercommunal clash on 30 October, which left seven people dead, according to an earlier toll published the same day by N'Djaména Actu. Authorities subsequently reported 25 deaths and 39 people arrested in community clashes in Chad on 1 November. These figures are reported in the first toll from the clash in Ngoura and the toll from the community clashes.
