Fighting between security forces and gunmen who launched an assault on Chad’s presidential palace on January 8, 2025, left 19 people dead, including 18 of the attackers, the government said.

State media in Chad say an attack on the presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded.

France is set to withdraw its military forces from Chad, following a recent attack on the presidential palace. Nonetheless, President Idriss Deby maintains that Chad is stable. Is that the case?

One soldier from the presidential guard also died in the exchanges ... reference to a French comic strip featuring hapless crooks. Chad faces regular attacks by the terrorist group Boko Haram ...

China could be driven to bolster its support for stability in West Africa and the Sahel after the deadly attack in Chad, ...

N’Djamena, Chad – Chad’s capital city is still ... more than a dozen armed fighters who brazenly stormed the presidential palace. At least 19 people were killed. Businesses and schools ...

Chadian troops were heavily deployed around the capital, N’Djamena, Thursday as officials said they were investigating a failed attack on the country’s presidential palace. Government troops ...

An attack on Chad’s presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded, state media reported Thursday. The attack on Wednesday night ...

Roads leading to the presidential palace were blocked and tanks could be seen on the streets, an AFP reporter at the scene said at the time. Government spokesman Abderaman Koulamallah said a 24 ...

N'DJAMENA, Chad — An attack on Chad’s presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded, state media reported Thursday. The attack on ...

State media in Chad say an attack on the presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded N'DJAMENA, Chad -- An attack on Chad's ...

18 assailants and two soldiers were killed after a failed attempt to storm the presidential palace on Wednesday, authorities said. President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno was inside the palace at the ...