Chad
Lake Chad Fights Back
As Boko Haram took hold in the Lake Chad region of Africa and government attempts to quell the insurgency faltered, civil society stepped in to provide relief, reeducation and deterrence, rather than relying solely on military responses.
A Diplomatic Tightrope
When Chad’s longest-serving president, Idriss Deby, died in 2021, his death exposed the complex web of foreign alliances that sustained his rule, especially his close ties with France. Now his son, Mahamat Idriss Deby, is asking French troops to withdraw, signaling a new era in Chad's international relations.
A Timely Film in Chad Examines Abortion
“Lingui, The Sacred Bonds,” by Chadian director-writer Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, is his first film with female leads. It’s a venture he takes to broach abortion, a subject that carries stigma and shame familiar to American audiences after the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade.