2021 in Chad

Events in the year 2021 in Chad.

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Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Chad

  • 6 February – Police in N’Djamena fire tear gas and make several arrests as hundreds set tires on fire and protest against President Déby's nomination to run for a sixth term in April.[1]
  • 16 February – Chad deploys 1,200 troops to the ″tri-border region″ of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso during the G5 Sahel summit.[2]
  • 28 February – Opposition leader Yaya Dillo says his mother, son, and three other members of his family were killed in a pre-dawn raid on his house led by the president's son. A government spokesperson said that Dillo had failed to respond to two judicial mandates, and that two people were killed and five injured, including three police officers.[3]
  • 3 April – The Niger human rights commission calls for an independent inquiry following alleged rapes, including that of an 11-year-old girl, by Chadian soldiers deployed to help fight armed groups.[4]
  • 11 April – The Northern Chad offensive begins, a day after the 2021 Chadian presidential election.[5]
  • 19 April – President Idriss Déby wins the 2021 Chadian presidential election for his sixth term.
  • 20 April – President Idriss Déby is killed one day after it was announced that he had won the election.

Deaths

References
  1. "Protests erupt in Chad as Deby nominated to run for sixth term". Al Jazeera English. Reuters. February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  2. "Chad deploys 1,200 troops to quell Sahel violence". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. February 16, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  3. "Chad opposition leader says several relatives killed in home raid". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. February 28, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  4. "Rights group accuses Chadian soldiers of raping women in Niger". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. April 3, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  5. "Election guide. Republic of Chad. Election for President". electionguide.org. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  6. "Au Tchad, les législatives reportées depuis cinq ans sont fixées au 24 octobre 2021". lemonde.fr. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  7. Tchad : décès du général Routouang Yoma Golom (in French)
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