Chad
The Unicorns of Conservation
After decades of drought and poaching, the scimitar-horned oryx went extinct in the wild across the Sahel. But in the early 2000s, a team of conservationists devised an audacious plan: breed a “world herd” in captivity — from Abu Dhabi to Texas — to reintroduce the species to the wild.
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.
How Idriss Deby Used Conflict and Diplomacy To Build Alliances
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.