Chad

An oil offshore platform owned by Total Fina Elf in the surroundings waters of the Angolan coast in 2003
Sub-Saharan Africa’s geography determines its politics, economics and industry, in particular by limiting foreign investment and constraining the directions in which foreign capital flows. [more]
Chadian soldier on patrol
The United States evacuated non-essential employees from its embassy in the Chadian capital as fighting continued between Chadian soldiers and rebel forces in the country's east. [more]
Soldier from the Sudan People's Liberation Army
May 20, 2008 1719 GMT
The Sudanese government in Khartoum is fighting to ensure its survival through control over the country's economic lifeline: the country's southern oil wealth.(With Stratfor map.) [more]
Sudanese soldiers on a truck near Khartoum
May 12, 2008 1854 GMT
A proxy war is shaping up in eastern Chad and western Sudan, with a deployment of EU peacekeepers caught in the middle. (With Stratfor map) [more]
Austrian Defense minister Norbert Darabos and soldiers on the EU peacekeeping force for Chad
February 29, 2008 1607 GMT
The government of Chad has extended a state of emergency in a move to secure the deployment of EU peacekeepers. [more]
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