<strong> <img title="Chad_Map.jpg" alt="Chad_Map.jpg" src="http://media.ammado.com/b63b5590-6ee1-426d-9a51-0bab1cedf5e8.jpeg" align="left" />Toronto, March 7, 2008: </strong>The country of Chad has endured more than 40 years of civil strife, and hundreds of thousands of civilians are estimated to have died in Chad as the result of armed conflicts and widespread poverty in the past. <br /><br />The recent clashes between government forces and rebel groups in Chad’s capital city of N’Djaména had once again killed hundreds of civilians and displaced more than 55,000 people into cramped and desolate refugee camps in neighboring Cameroun.  <br /> <p align="left"><br />While stability is slowly returning to N’Djaména, the country of Chad needs help to rebuild and to address the widespread poverty that has been afflicting its inhabitants for decades.<br /><br /><br />Adding to its own development challenges, Chad faces other difficulties as tens of thousands of refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) have recently crossed into southern Chad. In addition, eastern Chad has been home to more than 250,000 refugees uprooted by the 5-year old conflict in Darfur, and more than 13,000 Sudanese have recently arrived in Chad as Darfur continues to be scourged by a wave of militia attacks.<br /></p><strong> <p align="left"><br />More often, it is the children, women, the elderly and the environment who suffer the most from ongoing insecurity and armed conflicts in the region.</p></strong> <p align="left">By: Titki D. Tarassoum</p> Toronto, March 7, 2008: The country of Chad has endured more than 40 years of civil strife, and hundreds of thousands of civilians are estimated to have died in Chad as the result of armed conflicts and widespread poverty in the past.

The recent clashes between government forces and rebel groups in Chad’s capital city of N’Djaména had once again killed hundreds of civilians and displaced more than 55,000 people into cramped and desolate refugee camps in neighboring Cameroun. 

While stability is slowly returning to N’Djaména, the country of Chad needs help to rebuild and to address the widespread poverty that has been afflicting its inhabitants for decades.


Adding to its own development challenges, Chad faces other difficulties as tens of thousands of refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) have recently crossed into southern Chad. In addition, eastern Chad has been home to more than 250,000 refugees uprooted by the 5-year old conflict in Darfur, and more than 13,000 Sudanese have recently arrived in Chad as Darfur continues to be scourged by a wave of militia attacks.

More often, it is the children, women, the elderly and the environment who suffer the most from ongoing insecurity and armed conflicts in the region.

By: Titki D. Tarassoum