The following details notable events from the year 2008 in

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

. Chad is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

to the north,

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

to the east, the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...

to the south,

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

and

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

to the southwest, and

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Idriss Déby Idriss Déby Itno ' (18 June 1952 – 20 April 2021) was a Chadian politician and military officer who was the president of Chad from 1990 until his death in 2021. Déby was a member of the Bidayat clan of the Zaghawa ethnic group. A high-ranki ...

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Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye Nouradine Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye ( ar, نور الدين دلوا كوماكوي; born December 31, 1949 Youssouf Saleh Abbas Youssouf Saleh Abbas ( ar, يوسف صالح عباس '; born ''c''. 1953

(starting April 15)

Events

January

*January 7 – A journalist from the independent FM Liberté radio station is harassed by the security forces and allegedly intimated to drop coverage of an issue.

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Chad: Pressure mounting on journalists
press release, January 21, 2008. * January 16 – The FM Liberté radio station is closed down by the government and its director Djekourninga Kaoutar Lazar arrested and interrogated."Tchad: fermeture d'une radio et interpellation de son directeur", AFP, January 17, 2008. * January 17 – Keletété Dono, head of the Liberal Party of Chad (''Parti Libéral du Tchad'' or PLT) is arrested without warrant, but was released shortly after. He had left a week before to FM Liberté an interview critical of the government. * January 18 – The director of radio FM Liberté is released, but charged with

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and incitement to tribal hatred. * January 21 – The state prosecutor drops all charges against radio FM Liberté director Lazar.

February

* February 11 – EU spokesman announces that the deployment of the

EUFOR Tchad/RCA European Union Force Chad and the Central African Republic (EUFOR Chad and the Central African Republic), also EUFOR Tchad/RCA after the French, was the European Union mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR), authorised in late 2 ...

, delayed by the fighting in N'Djamena, is to be resumed. Currently there are only 150 EUFOR troops in Chad.

March

* March 13 – With the mediation of the Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Chadian President

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a non-aggression pact. By the terms of the accord, both accept to "inhibit all activities of armed groups". * March 14 – A spokesman for the rebel National Alliance (AN) declares they will ignore the peace accord among Chad and Sudan and continue to fight Déby if he doesn't accept to start serious talks with them. * March 14 – 83 of the 103 children who were at the centre of the Zoé's Ark controversy, who have been kept in an orphanage in Abéché since the eruption of the scandal five months ago, are reunited to their families. * March 20 – The commander in chief of the EUFOR Tchad/RCA, Pat Nash, states the troops would answer fire if the rebels will attack the refugee camps protected by the EUFOR.

May

* May 10 – Sudan cuts ties with Chad, claiming the country to be behind an attack by Darfur rebels.

June

* June 13 – Rebels advance towards N'Djamena and threatens to target French aircraft flying over their territory. * June 13/14 – Irish troops are fired upon during a clash between the Chadian government and rebels.

August

* August 15 – Former president Hissene Habre, along with 11 rebels, is sentenced to death for crimes against the state.

September

* September 11 – The

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cancels plans they had in agreement with Chad for an oil pipeline in the country.

References

{{Years in Chad Years of the 21st century in Chad