Events in the year 2022 in Chad.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

: Mahamat Déby *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

: Albert Pahimi Padacké (until October 12), Saleh Kebzabo (starting October 12) *

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...

: Djimadoum Tiraina

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Chad * 13 March – The Transitional Military Council of Chad meets with 44 different armed rebel and opposition groups, including the

Front for Change and Concord in Chad The Front for Change and Concord in Chad (french: Front pour l’alternance et la concorde au Tchad, ar, جبهة التغيير والوفاق في تشاد), or FACT, is a political and military organisation created by SG Mahamat Mahdi Ali in ...

Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad (french: Mouvement pour la democratie et la justice au Tchad, abbreviated as MDJT) is a Chadian rebel group that tried to oust the government of the current Chadian president Idriss Déby from October 1998 ...

, and the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development in

Doha Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the count ...

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...

for peace talks. The

President of Chad This is a list of heads of state of Chad since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. A total of six people have served as head of state of Chad (not counting two Interim Heads of State). Additionally, one pers ...

, Mahamat Déby, hopes that the talks will be the first step towards agreeing on a new constitution and holding free elections. * 25 May – Fighting breaks out between

Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...

and Tama gold miners in the Kouri Bougoudi district of Northern Chad. The rebel

group says that over 200 people have been killed. * 3 June – Chad declares an emergency over

food insecurity Food security speaks to the availability of food in a country (or geography) and the ability of individuals within that country (geography) to access, afford, and source adequate foodstuffs. According to the United Nations' Committee on World ...

in the country. The

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...

estimates that more than a third of the population are in need of urgent humanitarian aid. * 29 June – Twenty people are found dead in the

Libyan Desert The Libyan Desert (not to be confused with the Libyan Sahara) is a geographical region filling the north-eastern Sahara Desert, from eastern Libya to the Western Desert of Egypt and far northwestern Sudan. On medieval maps, its use predates t ...

, after they went missing fourteen days ago. The group, mainly composed by migrants from Chad, died of thirst. * 8 August – The government of Chad and more than 30 rebel and opposition factions sign a peace agreement at talks in

. However, the main rebel group

rejects the agreement, saying that negotiators had not listened to their demands, which included the release of

political prisoner A political prisoner is someone imprisoned for their political activity. The political offense is not always the official reason for the prisoner's detention. There is no internationally recognized legal definition of the concept, although n ...

s. * 18 August – Timane Erdimi, leader of the Chadian rebel group Rally of Forces for Change and nephew of slain

Chadian president This is a list of heads of state of Chad since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. A total of six people have served as head of state of Chad (not counting two Interim Heads of State). Additionally, one per ...

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 ...

, returns to the country from his 17-year exile in

to participate in a

peace process A peace process is the set of sociopolitical negotiations, agreements and actions that aim to solve a specific armed conflict. Definitions Prior to an armed conflict occurring, peace processes can include the prevention of an intra-state or in ...

between the

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is ...

and numerous rebel groups. * 6 September – 2022 Chad floods – Thousands of people evacuate in

N'Djamena N'Djamena ( ) is the capital and largest city of Chad. It is also a special statute region, divided into 10 districts or ''arrondissements''. The city serves as the centre of economic activity in Chad. Meat, fish and cotton processing are the c ...

, Chad, due to extensive

flood A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrol ...

ing caused by the country's heaviest rains in 30 years. An estimated 442,000

Chadians The people of Chad speak more than 100 different languages and divide themselves into many ethnic groups. However, language and ethnicity are not the same. Moreover, neither element can be tied to a particular physical type. Although the possessio ...

have been impacted by the floods since the end of August. * 20 October – 2022 Chadian protests * 23 November –

2022 Chad attack On 22 November 2022, at least ten Chadian soldiers were killed in an attack reportedly carried out by jihadist group Boko Haram. The attack occurred near Ngouboua Ngouboua ( ar, انغوبؤا) is a village in Chad. In February 2015, it was at ...

References

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