Tag: Chad
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7.7 million people need urgent assistance in northeast Nigeria
The United Nations (UN) says the humanitarian crisis in northeast Nigeria has spread across the Lake Chad region and remains severe with 7.7 million people in urgent need of assistance. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the UN made this known on Thursday while revealing UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock will travel together…
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Amnesty International wants release of Chadian activist sentenced for Facebook post
Global movement of more than 7 million people who take injustice personally, Amnesty International, has petitioned the government of Chad to release Tadjadine Mahamat Babouri, popularly known as Mahadine. TheNewsGuru reports Mahadine, an online activist and father of seven, was in September 2016 snatched from the street in broad daylight by a group of men…
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Chad withdraws troops fighting Boko Haram in North East
Chad has withdrawn hundreds of troops from neighbouring Niger, where they were helping local forces fight Boko Haram Islamist militants, humanitarian sources and officials said. The pull-out over the past two weeks could weaken a region-wide struggle against the militants who have killed tens of thousands of people, forced many more to flee and triggered…
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Trump expands travel ban, adds Chad, North Korea, Venezuela to list
…as Sudan is removed from list President of the United States, Donald Trump on Sunday ordered the inclusion of Chad, North Korea and Venezuela to the countries whose citizens are to face restrictions in entering the country. TheNewsGuru.com reports that President Trump had recently placed a temporary ban on nationals from war troubled Syria, Iraq,…