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Food Crisis - FG Releases 15,000 Tonnes of Grain to Niger, Chad
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the release of 15,000 tonnes of assorted grains to Niger and Chad to mitigate the effect of the reported food crisis in the two countries.
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When the Cattle Die, So Does Wealth
In rural Chad cattle are currency, the down-payment on ceremonies, a savings plan during sickness and emergency food in lean times. So the loss of an estimated one-third of the country's livestock to drought has been a disaster, with desperate pastoralists trying to make it until the next rains as best they can.
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Healthy Women Mean Healthier Nations
Progress in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity is still "tragically slow". Now, the United Nations has unveiled a global initiative based on government, civil society and private sector cooperation that could save the lives of up to one million women during pregnancy and childbirth.
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Government Ends Ban on Fish Exports
The Chad government has lifted a ban on the export of fish from Lake Chad, acknowledging the damage done to the local fishing industry. "We are getting help [with food security], which allows us to give fishermen some reprieve - they need to feed their families also," Communications Minister Kedallah Younous told IRIN.
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What's Happening in the North?
BET, the acronym for the three northern regions of Chad - Borkou, Ennedi and Tibesti - comes up regularly in meetings of international aid agencies frustrated by the lack of information and difficulty of access to the remote territory.
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Rethinking HIV Testing On the Islands
Health authorities in Chad are considering how to re-launch HIV testing on the islands of Lake Chad after they were forced to cut short their first attempt in April. The testing was offered without counselling or health education - and ended with rumours and confusion.
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Oil Exploration - FG Lists Challenges in Chad Basin, Deepwater
Few days after the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it would intensify the search for crude oil in Chad Basin and other frontier areas in the North, the Federal Government has listed the challenges against oil exploration and production in the affected areas and the country's deepwater.
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Rethinking HIV Testing On the Islands
Health authorities in Chad are considering how to re-launch HIV testing on the islands of Lake Chad after they were forced to cut short their first attempt in April. The testing was offered without counselling or health education - and ended with rumours and confusion.
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ICC Delegate Dies of Heart Attack
A Chadian delegate to the International Criminal Court review conference taking place at Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala passed away yesterday after succumbing to a heart attack.
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Ban Names New Head of UN Mission in Central African Republic and Chad
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed veteran staffer Youssef Mahmoud of Tunisia as the new head of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), which is due to wrap up by the end of the year.
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What's Happening in the North?
BET, the acronym for the three northern regions of Chad - Borkou, Ennedi and Tibesti - comes up regularly in meetings of international aid agencies frustrated by the lack of information and difficulty of access to the remote territory.
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Oxfam Wants to Be Able to Do Its Job in Country
Oxfam has welcomed the fact that the government of Chad has committed itself to ensuring security in Chad, following the United Nations decision to withdraw its peacekeeping force, Minurcat, from Chad. Contrary to what RFI previously reported, the NGO says it did not welcome Minurcat's withdrawal.
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Exhimab Awarded U.S.$1.2 Billion Housing Project in Chad Republic
A Nigerian company, Exhimab Integrated Link Limited, has been awarded a contract to construct 50,000 housing units in Chad at a cost of $1.2billion.
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Chadian Govt Awards $1.2 Billion Housing Contract to Local Firm
A Nigerian company, Exhimab Integrated Link Limited, whose N26billion Staff Housing contract was revoked by the outgoing Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr. Oluyemi Ogunyomi , for allegedly defaulting in time of delivery, has landed a $1.2 billion housing contract in Chad Republic.
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Firm Wins $1.2 Billion Mass Housing Project in Chad
Efforts at boosting economic integration between Nigeria and the Republic of Chad have started yielding dividend, as an indigenous construction firm based in Nigeria, over the weekend won the bid to construct 50,000 housing units in Chad at a cost of $1.2billion.
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Top UN Relief Official Highlights Persistent Humanitarian Crises
A deteriorating food crisis in southern Sudan could turn catastrophic unless the humanitarian community steps up contributions to enable agencies to boost their relief efforts in the region, the top United Nations relief official said today.
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X-Raying the Desert for Water
Geologists are using technology known as magnetic resonance sounding (MRS) to take "x-rays" of the ground to find new water sources in eastern Chad, where more than 300,000 refugees from neighbouring countries have arrived in recent years.
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X-Raying the Desert for Water
Geologists are using technology known as magnetic resonance sounding (MRS) to take "x-rays" of the ground to find new water sources in eastern Chad, where more than 300,000 refugees from neighbouring countries have arrived in recent years.
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FG Intensifies Exploration Activities in Chad Basin
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said yesterday that it is putting finishing touches to a comprehensive framework designed to herald the intensification of exploration activities in the Chad Basin of the country.
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NNPC Intensifies Oil Search in Chad Basin
Moves by the Federal Government to build up the nation's proven oil reserve through exploration of new frontiers for oil and gas production received a fresh thrust yesterday with the news that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is putting finishing touches to a comprehensive framework designed to herald the intensification of exploration activities in the Chad Basin.
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CFK Member Highlight
CFK ADVISOR NAMED ADVISOR TO PRES. DEBY
N’DJAMENA, CHAD
(17 March 2010):
Dr. Djimé Adoum, an Advisor with Caring for Kaela (CFK), was appointed by President Idriss Déby Itno, Chad, on March 12th, 2010, as Technical Advisor in Charge of Rural Development to the President...Read more
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